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ferruled

  • past participle
    of ferrule.
    ferrule
    noun
    a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.
  • past tense form
    of ferrule.
    ferrule
    noun
    a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.

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They will learn probity and goodness, and it will not be ferruled into them either.

From The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal by Various

The staves at each end, to which the nets are permanently attached, are made of red deal, ferruled and jointed at the middle, in the manner of a fishing rod, for the convenience of carriage.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Montagu Browne

Still, he told them never to take a step without sounding the ground with the ferruled staff with which each was equipped.

From A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories by Jules Verne