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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024row•el (rou′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n. - a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur. See illus. under spur 1.
- Veterinary Diseasesa piece of leather or the like inserted beneath the skin of a horse or other animal to promote drainage of an infection.
v.t. - to prick or urge with a rowel.
- Veterinary Diseasesto insert a rowel in.
- Late Latin rotella, equivalent. to Latin rot(a) wheel + -ella -elle
- Middle French ruelle, Old French roel
- Middle English rowelle 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rowel /ˈraʊəl/ n - a small spiked wheel attached to a spur
- obsolete a piece of leather or other material inserted under the skin of a horse to act as a seton and allow drainage
vb ( -els, -elling, -elled) ( US -els, -eling, -eled)(transitive)- to goad (a horse) using a rowel
- obsolete to insert a rowel in (the skin of a horse) to allow drainage
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French roel a little wheel, from roe a wheel, from Latin rota |