rowel
/ˈɹoʊəl/ · noun
Meaning
- The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur.
- 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.
- To use a rowel on (something), especially to drain fluid.
- To fit with spurs.
- To apply the spur to.
- To incite; to goad.
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