Rowel Definition

rouəl

roweled, roweling, rowelled, rowelling

noun

A small, revolving wheel with sharp projecting points, forming the end of a spur.

Webster's New World

A little flat ring or wheel on a horse's bit.

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A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of a horse in the manner of a seton in human surgery.

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verb

To spur or prick (a horse, etc.) with or as with a rowel.

Webster's New World

To use a rowel on something, especially to drain fluid.

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Other Word Forms of Rowel

Singular:

rowel

Plural:

rowels

Middle English from Old French roelle diminutive of roue wheel from Latin rota ret- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old French roel, from late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota "˜wheel'.

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