Rowel — Defs

01 n. The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points.

1.
The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points.
“With sounding whip, and rowels dyed in blood.” — Cowper.
2.
A little flat ring or wheel on horses' bits.
“The iron rowels into frothy foam he bit.” — Spenser.
3.
A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery.(Far.)

02 v. t. To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of a horse).

imp. & p. p. Roweled; p. pr. & vb. n. Roweling

1.
To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of a horse).(Far.)