gavel-apparently the local form in the North of England of the Southern 'Gable.
"Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England"
W. P. Haskett Smith
If you stand on the edge of the Amphitheatre you can slip away after the introduction but it is worth your while to be present when the gavel falls because you want to follow every important event as it happens right through the season.
"Ethel Morton at Chautauqua"
Mabell S. C. Smith
See John gavel-kind, i.
"History of the English People, Index"
John Richard Green