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gavel

noun
🔊/ˈɡævl/
🔊/ˈɡævl/
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  1. a small hammer used by a person in charge of a meeting or an auction, or by a judge in court, in order to get people’s attention（会议主席、拍卖商或法官用的）小槌
    Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally US in the sense ‘stonemason's mallet’): of unknown origin.