simple past tense and past participle of gavel

From the start of an official proceeding to the finish.

(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.

To use a gavel.

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

(Scotland, archaic, architecture) A gable.

simple past tense and past participle of gavel

present participle of gavel