rowel
[ rou-uh l ]
/ ˈraʊ əl /
noun
a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
Veterinary Medicine.
a piece of leather or the like inserted beneath the skin of a horse or other animal to promote drainage of an infection.
verb (used with object), row·eled, row·el·ing or (especially British) row·elled, row·el·ling.
to prick or urge with a rowel.
Veterinary Medicine.
to insert a rowel in.
Origin of rowel
1350–1400; Middle English
rowelle < Middle French
ruelle, Old French
roel < Late Latin
rotella, equivalent to Latin
rot(a) wheel +
-ella
-elle
OTHER WORDS FROM rowel
un·row·eled; especially British un·row·elled, adjectiveWords nearby rowel
rowboat,
rowdy,
rowdyish,
rowdyism,
rowe,
rowel,
rowen,
rowena,
rowing boat,
rowing machine,
rowland heights
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British Dictionary definitions for roweling
rowel
/ (ˈraʊəl) /
noun
a small spiked wheel attached to a spur
vet science obsolete
a piece of leather or other material inserted under the skin of a horse to act as a seton and allow drainage
verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled (tr)
to goad (a horse) using a rowel
vet science obsolete
to insert a rowel in (the skin of a horse) to allow drainage
Word Origin for rowel
C14: from Old French
roel a little wheel, from
roe a wheel, from Latin
rota