Gavel

The judge banged his gavel again.

The judge banged his gavel.

The judge was forced to slam her gavel down multiple times in order to restore order to the court.

The judge pounded the table with his gavel.

Finally, the judge closed the session with a strike from his gavel.

The judge closed the session with a strike from her gavel.

More than three decades later, Ms. Pelosi is all but assured on Thursday of reclaiming her former title as speaker of the House, the first lawmaker in more than half a century to hold the office twice. With the gavel in hand, she will cement her status as the highest-ranking and most powerful elected woman in American political history.

The judge gavelled for order in the courtroom after the defendant burst out with a confession.

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