ferrule

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting.

   “He walked on, waiting to be spoken to, trailing his ashplant by his side. Its ferrule followed lightly on the path, squealing at his heels.”

2. isim The metal spike at the end of the shaft of an ice axe.

   “He [Larry Penberthy] feels metal ice axes are the only safe ones. […] If you do purchase a wood-shafted ax, examine the grain carefully. It should be straight, free of knots and flaws, and continue unbroken from head to ferrule. Rub it often with linseed oil.”

3. isim A bushing for securing a pipe joint.

   “Lead pipe is usually wiped to caulking ferrules so it can be joined to another type of material. Ferrules must be made of red brass.”

4. isim A metal sleeve placed inside a gutter at the top.
5. isim The plastic band attaching the tip to the cue.

   “During a short break he clamped the tenon machine to the countertop; then he took a few cues that were in need of repair and began replacing their ferrules. […] By two-thirty, a dozen cues had new white ferrules and leather tips.”

6. isim 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.
7. fiil To equip with a ferrule.

   “"District school, I mean," said Dave, with a flourish of the hand. "Where the master or mistress boards about, and ferrules the children with a pine ruler, if they don't toe a crack every spelling time."”