| 释义 |
row·el
I. \ˈrau̇(ə)l\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English rowelle, ruel, from Middle French rouelle small wheel, from Old French roele — more at roulette
1.
a. : a revolving disk at the end of a spur with a varying number of sharp points for goading a horse
< the size of the rowel and the number of spokes determine the extent of spur cruelty — N.W.McKelvey >
b. obsolete : a small knob on a horse's bit
< the iron rowels into frothy foam he bit — Edmund Spenser >
2. : something that resembles the rowel of a spur; specifically : a spiked wheel on a soil pulverizer
3. : a roll (as of hair or silk) passed through the flesh of an animal to induce localized drainage of widespread infection — compare seton
II. transitive verb
(roweled or rowelled ; roweled or rowelled ; roweling or rowelling ; rowels)
1.
a. : to goad with a rowel : spur
< rowels his horse to a fresh burst of speed >
b.
(1) : to rake as if with a rowel : dig into : rend
< bathers rowelling the sand with horny heels — Louis Kent >
(2) : to disturb or incite to action : trouble, prick
< blurted out the question that was roweling each one's mind — Joseph Bryan & P.G.Reed >
c. : to furnish with a rowel
< a roweled spur >
2. : to insert a rowel of hair or silk into an animal |