What is "rowett"

Rowen \Row"en\, n. [Cf. E. rough, OE. row, rowe.] [Called also rowet, rowett, rowings, roughings.]

1. A stubble field left unplowed till late in the autumn, that it may be cropped by cattle.

   Turn your cows, that give milk, into your rowens till snow comes.
   --Mortimer.

2. The second growth of grass in a season; aftermath. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

Rowett may refer to:

• Gary Rowett (born 1974), English former professional footballer, played as a defender, later a football manager
• Henry Rowett, English amateur cricketer, played for Surrey during the 1760s
• John Quiller Rowett (1874–1924), British businessman, made a fortune in the spirits industry
• Richard Rowett (1830–1887), leading figure of nineteenth-century Illinois and American history