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Noun: rowel  raw(-u)l
  1. A small spiked wheel at the end of a spur
    "The cowboy's boots jingled as the rowels of his spurs spun"

Derived forms: roweled, roweling, rowels

Type of: wheel

Part of: gad, spur

Encyclopedia: Rowel