ferule

Example Sentences

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A kind of miracle happened: the ferule of the teacher became the poet's magic wand.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yen picked up his ferule and hit it like a student.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

The insulation from the copper wall is made by a rubber stopper through which this piping is passed, the stopper being crowded into a brass ferule which is stoutly soldered to the copper wall.

From Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man by Benedict, Francis Gano

She even exaggerated, pinched her lips, like a school-girl applying herself to her book for fear of the ferule.

From The Bill-Toppers by Castaigne, J. André

People said the steel ferule of the umbrella had attracted the electric current.

From My Little Sister by Robins, Elizabeth