Rowel \Row"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roweled}or {Rowelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roweling} or {Rowelling}.] (Far.) To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of a horse). --Mortimer.
rowel n : a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur [also: {rowelling}, {rowelled}] rowelled See {rowel}