ROWEL (from O. Fr. rouel or roel, dim...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V23,
Page 783
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:ROWEL (from O. Fr. rouel or roel, dim. of roue, See also:Lat. See also:rota, See also:wheel)
, the name of the small revolving See also:wheel or disk with radiating points forming the termination of a rider's See also:spur
.
The earliest rowels probably did not revolve but were fixed
.
They appear on monuments of the 13th See also:century, as in the See also:great See also:seal of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III. of See also:England, but the older " prick " spurs remained the See also:standard See also:form till the 14th century (see SPUR)
.
In veterinary See also:science, the word is used of a small disk of See also:leather or other material used as a See also:seton
.
End of Article: ROWEL (from O. Fr. rouel or roel, dim. of roue, Lat. rota, wheel)
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