ferule

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap naughty children on the hand.

   “In his hand he swayed a ferule, that sceptre of despotic power; the birch of justice reposed on three nails behind the throne, a constant terror to evil doers, […].”

2. fiil To punish with a ferule.

   “And they were right in their assumption; I could cudgel a great lubberly delinquent of a boy[…]but when it came to feruling a girl[…]my manhood rebelled[…].”