English
Etymology
Old French roel, from late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota �wheel�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/ra��l/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-���l|-���l
Noun
en-noun
- The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur.
#:*1819, The deep and sharp rowels with which Ivanhoe�s heels were now armed, began to make the worthy Prior repent of his courtesy � Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
#:*1936, The dry desert of my native land, her men grey and gaunt, their spines twisted, their feet shod with rowel and spur. � Henry Miller, Black Spring
#:*1973, The Lone Ranger will storm in at the head of a posse, rowels tearing blood from the stallion�s white hide, to find his young friend, innocent Dan, swinging from a tree limb by a broken neck. � Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
#:*1992, He nodded at the Americans. Buena suerte, he said. He put the long rowels of his spurs to the horse and they moved on. � Cormac McCarthy?, All the Pretty Horses
Verb
en-verb|rowels|roweling|roweled
- transitive To use a rowel on something, especially to drain fluid.
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