ferrule

Meaning

Noun

1. A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting.
2. (specifically) A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting.
3. A band holding parts of an object together.
4. A band holding parts of an object together.
5. A band holding parts of an object together.
6. A band holding parts of an object together.

Verb

To equip with a ferrule.

Synonyms

collet

sheath

collar

case

cover

encasement

point

reactor

ring

💍

shoe

👞

stabilizer

strake

tip

hard tip

iron band

a knife sheath

iron hoop

band iron

stabilizator

fluted coupling

lantern ring

socket ring

bushing

shrink-ring

butt end

cap

Translations

yüksük

ghiera

Ringbeschlag

casquillo

contera

virolla

başlık

👒

Zwinge

virole

Stockzwinge

Druckhülse

Endring

μετάλλινος κρίκος

manchon

oeillet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɛɹ(ə)l/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: verel

Cognate with Middle Irish: fiar

Cognate with Welsh: gŵyr

Cognate with Breton: gwar

In summary

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”).