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rowel

row·el [ rów əl, rowl ]


noun  (plural row·els)
Definition:
 
spiked wheel on spur: a small spiked revolving wheel on the end of a horse rider's spur



transitive verb  (past and past participle row·eled, present participle row·el·ing, 3rd person present singular row·els)
Definition:
 
spur horse on: to urge a horse on by digging rowels into its sides

[14th century. Via Old French roel(e) "small wheel" < late Latin rotella (see roulette)]
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