rowel

Meaning

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

Synonyms

trundle

trolley

wheel

🛞

indented

jagged

notched

roller

caster

sinuate

toothed

troche

serrate

crenate

dentate

Translations

molette

mahmuz

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹoʊəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: rowel

Cognate with French: 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.