† ˈgavelot Obs. 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. 1674 Blount Glossogr. (ed. 4) [Wrongly explained as ‘a warlike Engine to shoot stones or darts; a great sling’. So 1726 in Kersey.] |