ferrule

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Noun

ferrule (plural ferrules)

1. A metal band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting.
   • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, The Ayrsham Mystery^[1]:

     The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.

   1986. “Lucas withdrew the cane. Its polished ferrule flashed in the lantern glare”. Count Zero. William Gibson

2. A bushing for securing a pipe joint.
3. A metal sleeve placed inside a gutter at the top.
4. In billiards, the plastic band attaching the tip to the cue.
5. In painting, the pinched metal band which holds the bristles of a brush to the shaft.
6. On an ice axe, the metal spike at the end of the shaft.

Translations

metal band or cap

• Finnish: puristusholkki (fi)

• Russian: металлический ободок (metallíčeskij obodók)

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