Reference for Yoma 134:3

ואידך האי גזירה מאי עביד ליה מיבעי ליה לכדתניא גזירה אין גזירה אלא חתוכה דבר אחר אין גזירה אלא דבר המתגזר ויורד

[the term] 'gezerah' means something that is 'cut off';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., something that rises steep, and not in a slope.');">⁶</span> another explanation: Gezerah means something that goes to pieces as it goes down; another interpretation: 'gezerah'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The root meaning of the word is: cut off, guard. Thus: to institute a preventive measure, to enact a prohibition, to decree. All these root-meanings are here brought into play: It is 'cut off', hence descending precipitately. - It is cut, 'split', hence dashed in pieces. - It is a decree, divine, hence no criticism is allowed.');">⁷</span> - perhaps you might say this is a vain thing?

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