See Also: GAVEL(law)
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gavel noun1 & adjective. Long obsolete exc. Hist.
[Old English gafol from Germanic, rel. to base of GIVE verb.]
A. noun.
a. Payment to a superior; tribute. OE-L15.
b. Rent. OE.
Interest on money lent; usury. OE-L15.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Chiefly Law. Of or relating to payments or services exacted from a tenant. OE.