gavel

noun /ˈɡa.vəl/

1. A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.

   The combination with a mechanical rake of the roof or screen herein described, or the equivalent thereof, to intervene and keep the gavel of grain collected on the platform separated during its discharge

Where it comes from

From Old French gavelle (cf. Modern French javelle) probably diminutive from Latin capulus (“handle”), from capere (“to lay hold of, seize”); or compare Welsh gafael (“hold, grasp”). Compare heave.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry gavel (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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