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Meanings of ferrule in English

Catalan
virolla
Spanish
contera

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

virolla

Any of a number of types of objects, generally used for fastening, joining, sealing or reinforcement.

Synonyms
Examples for "olive"
Examples for "olive"
1
Fear may lead euro governments to offer the UK an olive branch.
Reuters
2
Everybody today is trying to find a reason to use olive oil.
Reuters
3
Dirty olive green over the whole back; belly dirty white; scuta 130.
Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and ...
4
Sear them in olive oil until golden, about four minutes per side.
Mark Bittman's Kitchen Express: 404 Inspired Seasonal Dishes You...
5
Tell him show business is more dangerous than the olive oil business.
The Godfather
Usage of ferrule in English
1
The ferrule will be of hollow lead covering a bit of scrip.
The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 02
2
But no sound of breaking bone came when buckshot-filled ferrule met arm.
Soulless
3
He advised me to laugh at the ruler, the ferrule, and the rod.
Percival Keene
4
The carabiner that had been clipped to the broken ferrule was also busted.
Rock and Ice Magazine
5
It is the Umbrella-oldfamiliar bone-handle, brass ferrule-ina bran-new dress of alpaca!
Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 32, November 5, 1870
6
He poked at the corner of the desk with the ferrule of his cane.
Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
7
The Pope paused, scraped the gravel with the ferrule of his stick, and said:
The Eternal City
8
So it must have no ferrule, and the handle must be heavy and straight.
Not that it Matters
9
He struck the ferrule of his umbrella on the stone floor of the colonnade.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
10
Th' salt takes th' color out o' this here brass ferrule, an' rubber's safer.
A Splendid Hazard
11
A conical iron ferrule or cap is also placed on the butt of the shaft.
The Bontoc Igorot
12
So he chose one Achille whose ferrule was bright and who carried the number 154.
The Lure of the Mask
13
With the ferrule of his walking-stick Denis began to scratch the boar's long bristly back.
Crome Yellow
14
It was a rather long, slender-looking ferrule of steel.
The Submarine Boys and the Spies / Dodging the Sharks of the Dee...
15
The ruler is for the head, as you have seen; the ferrule is for the hand.
Percival Keene
16
But what interested young Benson most was that he had found that the ferrule was hollow.
The Submarine Boys and the Spies / Dodging the Sharks of the Dee...
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Translations for ferrule
Spanish
contera
Ferrule through the time
Ferrule across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common