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Meanings of ferrule in inglés

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virolla
español
contera

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

        contera

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

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              Examples for "collet"
              Examples for "collet"
              1
              The neck, or collet, of the button is japanned after being stamped and cut.
              The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886
              2
              Collet knew the opportunity for a stealth approach had long since passed.
              The Da Vinci Code
              3
              Lieutenant Collet, you will wait for me to arrive before taking action.
              The Da Vinci Code
              4
              Another agent waved Collet back over in the direction of the fence.
              The Da Vinci Code
              5
              The ladder was an antique tapered design and narrowed as Collet ascended.
              The Da Vinci Code
              Usage of ferrule in inglés
              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
              español
              contera
              Ferrule through the time
              Ferrule across language varieties
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