Meaning

6 senses
  1. A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting.

    Zwinge, Hülse

    металли́ческий ободо́кmetallíčeskij obodók

    a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting

  2. A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting.

    (specifically)The metal spike at the end of the shaft of an ice axe.

  3. A band holding parts of an object together.

    A bushing for securing a pipe joint.

  4. A metal sleeve placed inside a gutter at the top.

  5. The plastic band attaching the tip to the cue.

  6. The pinched metal band which holds the bristles of a paintbrush or the eraser of a pencil to the shaft; a similar band crimped as part of a cable terminal or to terminate a hose.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. I crimped a ferrule around the end of the stranded brake cable to prevent it from fraying.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
band holding parts of an object together:
band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting:

Origin

From Middle English verel, virel, virole (“ferrule; metal pivot on the end of an axle”), a

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”).

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Forms

plural: ferrules
Singularferrule
Pluralferrules

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting:collet

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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