† ˈgavelotObs.rare. [a. OF.gavelot, F. javelot: see prec.] A javelin or casting-spear. 14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 596/23 Missile, a shafte and a shetel and a gauelot.1674Blount Glossogr. (ed. 4) [Wrongly explained as ‘a warlike Engine to shoot stones or darts; a great sling’. So 1726 in Kersey.]