noun

• 1A ring or cap, typically a metal one, which strengthens the end of a handle, stick, or tube and prevents it from splitting or wearing.

  ‘There are cue makers, and other experts in cue stick behavior, that have very strong opinions about the pros and cons of various cue stick shafts, ferrules and tips.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The tips, called ferrules, of lower quality poles will wear off, but a good cross country ski or outdoor shop will have replacement tips in stock or can order them.’
  • ‘Against the geometric shapes of globe and pole, and within the rectangular surface of the arras itself, appears the point, which turns out to be the ferrule of a rod, which turns out to be a fan, which opens into the tail of the bird.’
  • ‘A ferrule should be attached to the end of the cue, which the tip attaches to.’
  • ‘Plungers push glue-filled ferrules onto pencil ends, and others fill them with plugs.’
  • ‘It is also the last of a line of pencils featuring a distinctive rectangular ferrule with a unique, replaceable eraser.’

  Synonyms

  lid, top, stopper, cork, bung, spile

  1. 1.1A metal band strengthening or forming a joint.
     ‘The other end of the ferrule is connected to the supply pipe to the property.’
     More example sentences

     • ‘The ferrule joint includes a ferrule and an element telescopically insertable into the ferrule to frictionally interlock two rod sections.’