Alternative form of pawnshop

The business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security

A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.

(chess) A pawn on the E file, where the kings start the game.

A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.

(transitive) To stop with a pawl.

Asimina, a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, especially common pawpaw (Asimina triloba) / Papaya (Carica papaya), a widely cultivated tropical fruit tree

(dialectal or colloquial) Grandfather.

simple past tense and past participle of pawl

(New Zealand) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.