English Dictionary

rowel

/ˈɹoʊəl/

verb

(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.

He roweled his horse to make it go faster.

意味（1）

(transitive) To use a rowel on (something), especially to drain fluid.

意味（2）

(transitive) To fit with spurs.

意味（3）

(transitive) To apply the spur to.

to rowel a horse

意味（4）

(transitive, figuratively) To incite; to goad.

He would have been completely ignorant of what was going on if Frank, periodically roweled by the viciously anti-labor stand of the Pittsburgh newspapers, hadn't felt the need of an audience.