rowel

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.

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.

Synonyms

trundle

trolley

wheel

🛞

indented

jagged

notched

roller

caster

sinuate

toothed

troche

serrate

crenate

dentate

Translations

شوكة المهماز

Spornrädchen

οδοντωτός

τροχίσκος

molette

stella

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rotella

rotella dello sperone

gwiazdka

mahmuz

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