rowel

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur.
2. A little flat ring or wheel on a horse's bit.
3. A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of a horse in the manner of a seton in human surgery.

Verb

1. (transitive) To use a rowel on (something), especially to drain fluid.
2. (transitive) To fit with spurs.
3. (transitive) To apply the spur to.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To incite; to goad.

Concepts

molette

Synonymes

trundle

trolley

wheel

🛞

indented

jagged

notched

roller

caster

sinuate

toothed

troche

serrate

crenate

dentate

Traductions

شوكة المهماز

Spornrädchen

οδοντωτός

τροχίσκος

stella

⭐

rotella

rotella dello sperone

mahmuz

mahmuzlamak

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɹoʊəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: rowel

Appartenant à français: rouelle

In summary

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.