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Definition of "rowels" [rowels]

  • Plural form of rowel. (noun)

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Use "rowels" in a sentence
  • "And so it rowels me awake until the appointed time."
  • "“You are right,” answered the Benedictine; and again consulting his memoranda, he added, “the arms on the dexter side are those of Glendinning, being a cross parted by a cross indented and countercharged of the same; and on the sinister three spur-rowels for those of Avenel; they are two ancient families, now almost extinct in this country — the arms part y per pale.”"
  • "He introduced the treacherous Apache and the mounted horseman with jingling rowels."
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