rowel.
A small spiked wheel on the end of a spur of certain types.
Meaning & usage
A small spiked wheel on the end of a spur of certain types.
A little flat ring or wheel on a horse's bit.
A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of a horse in the manner of a seton in human surgery.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English rowel, rowell, rowelle, from Old French roel, roiele (compare modern French rouelle), from Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotella.
To use a rowel on (something), especially to drain fluid.
To fit with spurs.
To apply the spur to.
to rowel a horse
To incite; to goad.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English rowel, rowell, rowelle, from Old French roel, roiele (compare modern French rouelle), from Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotella.
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