meaning of rowel
1. To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of a horse).
2. See rewel bone.
3. The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points.
4. A little flat ring or wheel on horses bits.
5. A roll of hair, silk, etc. , passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery.
6. a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur
Related Words
rowel | roweled | roweling | rowelled | rowelling |
