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Metallic ring cap on the end of a handle
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ferrule
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It seemed he had just lost the ferrule of his stick. ▪ The ferrule was well-formed, with no sharp edges. ▪ The staff itself is of snakewood, tipped with two inch deep silver ferrules. ▪ The umbrella fell to the floor with a sharp ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thimble \Thim"ble\, n. [OE. thimbil, AS. ??mel, fr. ??ma a thumb. [root]56. See Thumb .] A kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger when pushing the needle through the material. It ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting [syn: collet ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A metal band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A ferrule (a corruption of Latin "small bracelet", under the influence of "iron") is any of a number of types of objects, generally used for fastening, joining, sealing or reinforcement. They are often narrow circular rings made from metal, or less commonly, ...
Usage examples of ferrule.
When Fra Varisto despaired of wielding the Mongols and resorted to wielding a ferrule, I simply stayed away from school.
The scored eagle face of the strategos did not alter, but his fingers clutched on the mahogany ferrule of his cane.
Blue fire danced from the ferrules, as cold as the hoarfrost that coats twigs in winter.
Sparks skipped from the iron ferrules and hung in the air, forming a blue haze.
The iron ferrules of the heavy quarterstaffs crushed into their unguarded chests and bellies.
The ferrule met the bubble with a blue flash that jolted him as though he'd slammed his staff into a boulder.
The ferrule caught him on the bridge of the nose, smashing his skull and flinging his body back into the doorway in the bluff.
But the spinning buzz saw at the end of the ferruled arm never slowed.
She took the ferruled sphere and tucked it into her medical bag, still draped across her shoulders.
As fingering ceramic rods and ferruled cables quested for her location, the woman pulled out a fistful of rounds, dropping most of them as she quickly reloaded the revolver.
We were caught together in the same long series of school-boy scrapes--and were usually ferruled together by the same strong-armed teacher.
Davis had declared limes a contraband article, and solemnly vowed to publicly ferrule the first person who was found breaking the law.