ferrule

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  1. noun A metal ring or cap placed around a pole or shaft for reinforcement or to prevent splitting.
  2. noun A bushing used to secure a pipe joint.

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  • An iron ferrule or a braided bejuco ferrule is employed to strengthen the shaft where the tang is inserted. —  The Bontoc Igorot
  • Kennedy withdrew his cane and on the ferrule, adhering as though by some sticky substance, was a note. —  The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine"
  • This ferrule is often used, as the spear is always stuck in the earth close at hand when the warrior works any distance from home; and as he passes along the steep mountain trails or carries heavy burdens he commonly uses the spear shaft as a staff. —  The Bontoc Igorot
  • Watson of Murfreesboro removed a portion of an umbrella rib from a trachea, but as he failed to locate or remove the ferrule, the case terminated fatally. —  Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
  • Those black rings on my ferrule are black nickel. —  Atlas Shrugs
 

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  1. Alteration (influenced by Latin ferrum, iron) of Middle English verrele, from Old French virole, from Latin viriola, little bracelet, diminutive of viriae, bracelets; see wei- in Indo-European roots.
 

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