gavelet
English edit
Etymology edit
From gavel (“tribute”).
Noun edit
gavelet (plural gavelets)
- (law, UK, obsolete or historical) A certain kind of writ historically used in Kent and London for the recovery of rent.
References edit
- “gavelet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.