verb
- pricking or spurring with a rowel (the spiked wheel of a spur)
Usage: equestrian
Examples
- The rider was roweling his horse to make it go faster.
- She avoided roweling the mare, preferring gentle encouragement.
- The cowboy was criticized for roweling his mount too harshly.
- Proper horsemanship discourages excessive roweling.
- The spurs were roweling the horse’s flanks.