Definition of "rowelled" [rowelled]

• Simple past tense and past participle of rowel. (verb)

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• "His mount shied in the presence of so much iron, and he rowelled its sides ruthlessly."
• "There were hundreds of native horsemen and horsewomen, many of them doubtless on the dejected quadrupeds I saw at the wharf, but a judicious application of long rowelled Mexican spurs, and a degree of emulation, caused these animals to tear along at full gallop."
• "He rowelled the destrier side-on into another Saracen mount and clashed blades."