A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.

(Scotland, archaic, architecture) A gable.

(historical) Rent. / (obsolete) Usury; interest on money.

(transitive) To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.

A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.

(transitive) To initiate or restore the orderly functioning of (a meeting or function or assembly or court), usually by pounding a gavel or similar hammer.