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 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

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

And the young man sprang on the bed, and thrust the rowel of a spur through the laths.

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.

Oh—nothin'," mumbled Brig, playing with the rowel on his spur as he watched the cattle graze; "only it seemed like, the way she spoke to you the other day, you'd mebbe met before.

From Bat Wing Bowles by Coolidge, Dane