rowel ( synonym found)

Definition of rowel:

°The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur.
"1819, The deep and sharp rowels with which Ivanhoe's heels were now armed, began to make the worthy Prior repent of his courtesy -- Walter Scott, Ivanhoe"
°To use a rowel on something, especially to drain fluid.

Definition of rowel:

°The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur.
"1819, The deep and sharp rowels with which Ivanhoe's heels were now armed, began to make the worthy Prior repent of his courtesy -- Walter Scott, Ivanhoe"
°To use a rowel on something, especially to drain fluid.

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