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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Water gavel

/wôt'-ẽr găv'-əl/ · Wa·ter gav·el · IPA
01 A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water.
  1. 1.
    A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water.(O. Eng. Law)