gavel standn. a block, typically wooden, upon which a gavel is struck.
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1892 Times 22 June 5/3 Two needs..indispensable to our success—namely, unity and harmony. Of the one this chair and gavel-stand are the representatives.
1996 N. Abercrombie & R. HoystBlood of Patriots (1997) viii. 47 I said the ayes have it and banged the gavel stand.