ferrule.
A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting.
Meaning & usage
A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting.
A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting. The metal spike at the end of the shaft of an ice axe.
A band holding parts of an object together. A bushing for securing a pipe joint.
A band holding parts of an object together. A metal sleeve placed inside a gutter at the top.
A band holding parts of an object together. The plastic band attaching the tip to the cue.
A band holding parts of an object together. The pinched metal band which holds the bristles of a paintbrush or the eraser of a pencil to the shaft; a similar band crimped as part of a cable terminal or to terminate a hose.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English verel, virel, virole (“ferrule; metal pivot on the end of an axle”), altered under the influence of Latin ferrum (“iron”), from Old French virole (“ferrule”), from Latin viriola (“little bracelet”), diminutive of viria (“bracelet worn by men”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *weiros (“crooked”) (compare Middle Irish fiar (“bent, crooked”), Welsh gŵyr, Breton gwar (“curved”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁ros (“threaded, turned, twisted”), from *weyh₁- (“to turn, twist, weave”).
To equip with a ferrule.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English verel, virel, virole (“ferrule; metal pivot on the end of an axle”), altered under the influence of Latin ferrum (“iron”), from Old French virole (“ferrule”), from Latin viriola (“little bracelet”), diminutive of viria (“bracelet worn by men”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *weiros (“crooked”) (compare Middle Irish fiar (“bent, crooked”), Welsh gŵyr, Breton gwar (“curved”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁ros (“threaded, turned, twisted”), from *weyh₁- (“to turn, twist, weave”).
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