n. [ OF. roele, rouele, properly, a little wheel, F. rouelle collop, slice, LL. rotella a little wheel, dim. of L. rota a wheel. See Roll, and cf. Rota. ] 1. The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points. [ 1913 Webster ]

With sounding whip, and rowels dyed in blood. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A little flat ring or wheel on horses' bits. [ 1913 Webster ]

The iron rowels into frothy foam he bit. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Far.) A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Roweled r 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

See rewel bone. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. truel, OF. truele, F. truelle, LL. truella, L. trulla, dim. of trua a ladle; probably akin to Gr. &unr_; a stirrer, ladle, G. quirl a stirrer, MHG. twirel, OHG. dwiril, Icel. þvara, AS. þwiril. Cf. Twirl. ] 1. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Founding) A tool used for smoothing a mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trowel bayonet. See Spade bayonet, under Spade. --
Fish trowel. See Fish slice, under Fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint. [ Written also trowelled. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Trowelfuls As much as a trowel will hold; enough to fill a trowel. [ 1913 Webster ]