ferrule
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
billiards
climbing
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From Middle English verel, virel, virole (“ferrule; metal pivot on the end of an axle”), altered under the influence of Latin ferrum (“iron”), from Old French virole (“ferrule”), from Latin viriola (“little bracelet”), diminutive of viria (“bracelet worn by men”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *weiros (“crooked”) (compare Middle Irish fiar (“bent, crooked”), Welsh gŵyr, Breton gwar (“curved”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁ros (“threaded, turned, twisted”), from *weyh₁- (“to turn, twist, weave”).
Inflected forms:
form: ferrules
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ferrules
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ferruling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ferruled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ferruled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting.
pos: noun
examples: The cane was produced in court; it was as stout as an old-fashioned club, and of terrific weight. The man who wielded it must have been very powerful, for he had only dealt one blow, but that blow had cracked the old man's skull. The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall-marked.
He walked on, waiting to be spoken to, trailing his ashplant by his side. Its ferrule followed lightly on the path, squealing at his heels.
'Butler! Send my rickshaw round to the front at once! To the station, jaldi!' she added as the rickshaw-man appeared, and, having settled herself in the rickshaw, poked him in the back with the ferrule of her umbrella to start him.
Lucas withdrew the cane. Its polished ferrule flashed in the lantern glare.
gloss: A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting.
pos: noun
tags: specifically
examples: He [Larry Penberthy] feels metal ice axes are the only safe ones. […] If you do purchase a wood-shafted ax, examine the grain carefully. It should be straight, free of knots and flaws, and continue unbroken from head to ferrule. Rub it often with linseed oil.
gloss: A band holding parts of an object together.
pos: noun
examples: Lead pipe is usually wiped to caulking ferrules so it can be joined to another type of material. Ferrules must be made of red brass.
gloss: A band holding parts of an object together.
pos: noun
examples: Another method of attaching gutters is the spike-and-ferrule system. Position the gutter, then temporarily nail it to the fascia with 6d common nails at several places. Place the ferrule inside the gutter at bead height, lined up with the end of a rafter. Drive the spike through the gutter bead, ferrule and fascia board into the rafter.
gloss: A band holding parts of an object together.
pos: noun
examples: During a short break he clamped the tenon machine to the countertop; then he took a few cues that were in need of repair and began replacing their ferrules. […] By two-thirty, a dozen cues had new white ferrules and leather tips.
gloss: A band holding parts of an object together.
pos: noun
examples: The ferrule is the part of the brush that connects the bristles to the handle. The type of ferrule often dictates the name of the brush, such as a 3-inch flat-ferrule or an oval-ferrule sash. […] The ferrule is attached to the handle with small nails (brads) or by crimping the ferrule around the handle.
gloss: To equip with a ferrule.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: "District school, I mean," said Dave, with a flourish of the hand. "Where the master or mistress boards about, and ferrules the children with a pine ruler, if they don't toe a crack every spelling time."
The return of the Thunderer from her protracted steam trial to Madeira has removed all doubt with regard to the efficacy of the new patent ferrule, as applied to boiler tubes. […] In fact, the highly successful results of the trial will, no doubt, lead to the universal practice of ferruling the boiler tubes in all our war vessels fitted with forced draft.
I employed a practical boiler smith, who expanded and ferruled the tubes.
Once inside the shop he took the line and cut the bad end off and with that done, he attempted to ferrule the cut end.
Synonyms: virl
Related words: viroled
Derived words: ferruled
ferruler
Translations:
lang: Czech
word: zpevňující kroužek
lang: Dutch
word: ring
lang: Dutch
word: metalen dop
lang: Dutch
word: beslagring
lang: German
word: Zwinge
lang: German
word: Hülse
lang: Hungarian
word: gyűrű
lang: Hungarian
word: fémgyűrű
lang: Hungarian
word: fémkarika
lang: Hungarian
word: fémpánt
lang: Irish
word: bianna
lang: Irish
word: fiú
lang: Irish
word: snong
lang: Italian
word: ghiera
lang: Polish
word: okucie
lang: Russian
word: металли́ческий ободо́к
roman: metallíčeskij obodók
lang: Slovak
word: obruč
lang: Slovak
word: obrúčka
lang: Slovak
word: objímka
lang: Spanish
word: casquillo
lang: Spanish
word: virola
lang: Spanish
word: regatón
lang: Spanish
word: recatón
lang: Spanish
word: contera
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: نعل
roman: naʼl
lang: Czech
word: příruba
lang: Czech
word: objímka
lang: German
word: Halteband
lang: Polish
word: oprawka