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

If the rowel is moderately sharp only, no cruelty can arise, less I maintain than in the use of a whip.

From Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes by Lambert, Nannie

Some ladies affect two spurs—one, the right, being fitted with a blank rowel; this is, of course, for appearance sake when dismounted.

From Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes by Lambert, Nannie

But he sprang to the right, when the rowel went into his flank, carrying with it the assurance that the game was up.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey

The reason of this charge being called the spur fire is, because the sparks it yields have a great resemblance to the rowel of a spur, from whence it takes its name.

From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown