(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:41:25

Rew"el bone` (?). [Perh. from F. rouelle, dim. of roue a wheel, L. rota.]

An obsolete phrase of disputed meaning, -- perhaps, smooth or polished bone.

His saddle was of rewel boon. Chaucer.

 

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