Gav″el, n. [OF. gavel, AS. gafol, prob. fr. gifan to give. See Give, and cf. Gabel tribute.] (Law) Tribute; toll; custom. See Gabel. Cowell.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.