ROWEL (from O. Fr. rouel or roel, dim. of roue,

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• LAT

Lat.

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• ROTA, COURT OF

rota,

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• WHEEL (0. Eng. hweol, hweohl, &c., cognate with Icel. hjol, Dan. hiul, the Indo-European root is seen in Sanskrit chakra, Gr. r in Aos, circle, whence " cycle ")
• WHEEL, BREAKING ON THE

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 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 .