Meaning of ferrule in English:

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.

  More example sentences

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