0 a small hammer that an official in charge of a meeting hits against a wooden block or table to get people to be quiet and listen
1 a small hammer used by an official in charge of a meeting for hitting a wooden block or table in order to get people’s attention:
If you wanted to get them to sit down, you ought to have wielded the gavel.
We have the opportunity to reach many more people than we do currently and much more gavel-to-gavel continuous coverage of entire debates.
I notice that the gavel is going down after exactly one minute, and not 30 seconds later, as it has done for everyone else.
Because there is no one to enforce the law, no gavel or bell to ensure compliance with it, no one dares to disobey it.
I have finished, and there is no need for you to use your gavel.
I am happy that the independence gift should be a gavel.
He replaces the normal gavel with a different gavel.
The chair should not lean on the gavel, juggle or toy with it, or use it to challenge or threaten or to emphasize remarks.
