rowel

Example Sentences

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Johnny took off his spurs and showed the silversmith a broken rowel.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

His booted foot moved, but now rowel points flashed in the sun.

From Rebel Spurs by Norton, Andre

It is less a Great Adventure, perhaps, but, on the other hand, the double-pointed tooth of Anxiety does not rowel quite so often at the core of your heart....

From The Prairie Mother by Becher, Arthur E.

The rowel is one and a half or two inches in diameter, and the points are about twenty-five or thirty inches long.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina

"This waitin'—" Anse sat cross-legged on the bunk next to Drew's, his thumb spinning the rowel of one spur.

From Rebel Spurs by Norton, Andre