rowel

Example Sentences

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Johnny took off his spurs and showed the silversmith a broken rowel.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

The gray wool shirt was wrinkled and stained by weather and wear, the roomy corduroy trousers were worn from saddle chafing, the big spurs were rusted of rowel and shank.

From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)

It is less a Great Adventure, perhaps, but, on the other hand, the double-pointed tooth of Anxiety does not rowel quite so often at the core of your heart....

From The Prairie Mother by Becher, Arthur E.

He has again mounted his horse, and the broken-hearted man, hardly less cruel than the expectant bridegroom, dashes the rowel in his side and disappears like a whirlwind.

From A Confederate Girl's Diary by Dawson, Sarah Morgan

The name of Richard Clyde was to his impatient, jealous spirit, as is the rowel to the fiery steed.

From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Hentz, Caroline Lee