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| row·el [ rów əl, rowl ] |
noun (plural row·els) |
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spiked wheel on spur: a small spiked revolving wheel on the end of a horse rider's spur
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transitive verb (past and past participle row·eled, present participle row·el·ing, 3rd person present singular row·els) |
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spur horse on: to urge a horse on by digging rowels into its sides
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| [14th century. Via Old French roel(e) "small wheel" < late Latin rotella (see roulette)] |
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