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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 783 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROWEL (from O. Fr. rouel or roel, dim. of roue,
See also:
Lat. rota, wheel)
  , the name of the small revolving wheel or disk with radiating points forming the termination of a rider's spur . The earliest rowels probably did not revolve but were fixed . They appear on monuments of the 13th century, as in the
See also:
great seal of Henry III. of England, but the older " prick " spurs remained the standard form till the 14th century (see SPUR) . In veterinary science, the word is used of a small disk of leather or other material used as a seton .

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