Roarer

·noun The barn owl.

II. Roarer ·noun One who, or that which, roars.

III. Roarer ·noun A riotous fellow; a roaring boy.

IV. Roarer ·noun A horse subject to roaring. ·see Roaring, 2.

roarer
A broken-winded horse. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
roarer
One who roars; a noisy man.--Worcester. Ben was an old Mississippi roarer--none of your half and ha...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Bull-roarer
·add. ·noun A contrivance consisting of a slat of wood tied to the end of a thong or string, with wh...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language