present participle of rowel

The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur. / A little flat ring or wheel on a horse's bit. / A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of a horse in the manner of a seton in human surgery.

(transitive) To use a rowel on (something), especially to drain fluid. / (transitive) To fit with spurs. / (transitive) To apply the spur to. / (transitive, figuratively) To incite; to goad.

plural of rowel

simple past tense and past participle of rowel

simple past tense and past participle of rowel

present participle of rowel

A surname.

plural of roweling-needle

(obsolete) A needle used for inserting a rowel or seton.