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ferrule

[ UK /fˈɛɹuːl/ ]
NOUN
  1. a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting

How To Use ferrule In A Sentence

  • He had lived a portion of his life in South America, and he used to promenade every pleasant afternoon up and down the Avenue swinging a sharply pointed, steel-ferruled swagger-stick. Walking-Stick Papers
  • The metallization allows the fiber to be soldered to the ferrule, which in turn can be brazed to the side of the package for a hermetic seal.
  • He'd been having trouble with the rod, though - it kept coming apart at one of the ferrules (where two pieces of the rod come together) - and on the Pan, it actually broke, leaving him rodless. Aspen Times - Top Stories
  • He prised it free with the ferrule of his umbrella, picked it up and threw it towards the small duck. LOHENGRIN
  • The pencil was painted and finished, a ferrule crimped onto the end, and finally, an eraser crimped into the ferrule. A Kettle of Vultures
  • The metallization allows the fiber to be soldered to the ferrule, which in turn can be brazed to the side of the package for a hermetic seal.
  • Browse images of pencils by over 100 brands, or by pencil types (such as copying, long ferrule, over sized ferrule, and WWII-era). New on the Net-October 2008
  • The knowledge is dispersed among many thousands of graphite miners, lumberjacks, assembly line workers, ferrule designers, salesmen and so on. From Phoenecia to Hayek to the 'Cloud'
  • He went on, looking at the ground, scratching it with the ferrule of his neatly rolled, gold-banded umbrella. DARE CALL IT TREASON
  • The shank and bolster were next inserted with an insulating washer into the handle and ferrule and driven tight, thereby preventing axial movement between shank, bolster and handle.
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