ferrule
To equip with a ferruleTo equip with a ferrule.
» I crimped a ferrule around the end of the stranded brake cable to prevent it from fraying.
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1 sensesTo equip with a ferrule.
Examples
1 sentencesI crimped a ferrule around the end of the stranded brake cable to prevent it from fraying.
Origin
From Middle English verel, virel, virole (“ferrule; metal pivot on the end of an axle”), aFrom 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
ferrules, ferruling, ferruled, ferruledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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