(n) :
a wooden mallet, used by a judge in a courtroom, or a chairman of a committee, struck against a sounding block to quiet the rabble down; the legal system as a whole
(v) :
to use a gavel
"the judge gavelled for order in the courtroom after the defendent burst out with a confession."
(n) :
a wooden mallet, used by a judge in a courtroom, or a chairman of a committee, struck against a sounding block to quiet the rabble down; the legal system as a whole
(v) :
to use a gavel
"the judge gavelled for order in the courtroom after the defendent burst out with a confession."