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Definition of: rowel
(rou′əl) noun
1. A spiked or toothed wheel, as on a spur.
2. The spur so furnished.
3. A hair or silk thread passed through a horse's skin, to facilitate the discharge of pus.
—v.t. ·eled or ·elled, ·el·ing or ·el·ling
1. To prick with a rowel; spur.
2. To attach or apply a rowel to. [<OF roele <LL rotella little wheel <L rota wheel]
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