The deep and sharp rowels with which Ivanhoe’s heels were now armed, began to make the worthy Prior repent of his courtesy,[…].
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Rowel
//ˈɹoʊəl//
Synonyms for "rowel" (13 found)
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Translations
10 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- колелце на шпора noun (small spiked wheel on the end of a spur)
Esperanto
1 entries- spronradeto noun (small spiked wheel on the end of a spur)
Finnish
1 entries- kannuksen pyörä noun (small spiked wheel on the end of a spur)
French
1 entries- molette noun (small spiked wheel on the end of a spur)
German
1 entries- Spornrädchen noun (small spiked wheel on the end of a spur)
Hungarian
2 entries- sarkantyútaraj noun (small spiked wheel on the end of a spur)
- taraj noun (small spiked wheel on the end of a spur)
Portuguese
1 entries- roseta noun (small spiked wheel on the end of a spur)
Russian
1 entries- колёсико шпоры noun (small spiked wheel on the end of a spur)
Spanish
1 entries- espuela noun (small spiked wheel on the end of a spur)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The dry desert of my native land, her men grey and gaunt, their spines twisted, their feet shod with rowel and spur.
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The Lone Ranger will storm in at the head of a posse, rowels tearing blood from the stallion’s white hide, to find his young friend, innocent Dan, swinging from a tree limb by a broken neck.
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He nodded at the Americans. Buena suerte, he said. He put the long rowels of his spurs to the horse and they moved on.
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