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gavelet

gavelet noun: a certain kind of writ historically used in Kent and London for the recovery of rent.

Noun

gavelet (plural gavelets)

  1. (UK, historical, obsolete) A certain kind of writ historically used in Kent and London for the recovery of rent.

Forms of gavelet

pluralgavelets

Origin of gavelet

From gavel (“tribute”).

Questions about gavelet

What does gavelet mean?
Gavelet means a certain kind of writ historically used in Kent and London for the recovery of rent.
What part of speech is gavelet?
Gavelet is a noun.
What is the plural of gavelet?
The plural of gavelet is gavelets.

Words near gavelet in the dictionary

  1. gaveled
  2. gaveled out
  3. gaveled to order
  4. gaveler
  5. gavelers
  6. gavelet
  7. gavelets
  8. gavelinellid
  9. gavelinellids
  10. gaveling
  11. gaveling out

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