单词 | ferrule |
释义 | ferrulen. 1. A ring or cap strengthening the end of a stick, tube, umbrella, etc., usually made of metal and used to prevent splitting or wearing. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > encasing or sheathing > that which > ferrule > on end of stick or tube ferrule1611 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > yard > fittings on yards boom-iron1769 ferrule1794 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cartibes d'vn moulinet, the ferrels, or bands of yron whereby the ends of a windlesse are strengthened. 1685 London Gaz. No. 2054/4 A Joynt Cane, wrought with a Gold Head on it, and a Brass Ferril. 1709 F. Hauksbee Physico-mech. Exper. v. 81 I took a fine Glass Tube... The upper Orifice had a Ferrel, soder'd to a Screw cemented on it. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 5 Ferrule, a small iron hoop, fixed on the extremities of the yards, booms, &c. 1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 230 The drag-staff..is made of strong ash, with iron-ferrels on the ends. 1820 L. Hunt Indicator 24 May 257 Instead of the brass ferrel poking in the mud. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxv. 240 ‘This umbrella,’ said Mr. Lillyvick, producing a fat green cotton one with a battered ferrule. 1920 R. A. Freeman Savant's Vendetta iv. 70 I made a sudden lunge with my stick, introducing its ferrule to his abdomen about the region of the solar plexus. 1937 Jrnl. Amer. Mil. Hist. Found. 1 178 The base of the shaft..was strengthened with a ferrule and slightly ornamented. 2004 Newport Life Mag. Summer 40/2 You may find evidence of an original metal ferrule, or end cap. True folk art canes seldom have ferrules. 2. a. A ring, band, or tube, usually made of metal or plastic, that forms or strengthens a joint, connection, or fastening. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > encasing or sheathing > that which > ferrule virl14.. verrel1483 ferrule1728 virlet1793 fence1862 1728 J. T. Desaguliers in Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 79 I fix'd a Leaden Pipe..of 2 Inches in the Bore, by means of 3 Ferrels, or short Communication-Pipes. 1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. i. 9 A glazier's apprentice, when using a diamond set in a conical ferrule. 1854 J. Hogg Microscope i. i. 4 A handle of ebony..is attached by a brass ferrule and two screws. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 296 Flat brushes, in German-silver ferules. 1930 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 85/2 A coiled spring-steel ferrule holds the tang of the file always tight. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 328/2 Ferrule, a slotted metal tube into the ends of which the conductors of a joint are inserted. 2003 High Country News 27 Oct. 10/3 Russell..is setting ferrules (the internal connections that join the pieces of a fly rod together) by hand into a carbon-fiber rod body. b. Engineering. Originally: (in a steam boiler) a ring or short tube that encloses a tube or pipe where it passes through a hole in the tube plate, in such a way as to form a seal round the tube. In later use also: any enclosing device used to provide a seal where two tubes or pipes are joined. ΚΠ 1838 T. Tredgold & W. S. B. Woolhouse Steam Engine 412 The ferrule is a little larger than the tube, so that, when driven in, it compresses the tube very forcibly against the sides of the hole, and makes the joint completely watertight. 1922 Boiler Maker 22 63 Place flues in the holes in the back-tube sheet, fitting them neatly into the copper ferrules. 1962 Shipbuilder & Marine Engine-builder 69 29/1 The condensers have tubes expanded into the tube plate at the inlet end and fitted with Crane packing, without ferrules, at the outlet end. 1992 C. Dawes Laser Welding iii. 36 To achieve the fixing, which also has to form a hermetic seal between the ferrule and the casing, a number of joining techniques were considered. 2003 J. Kenkel Anal. Chem. for Technicians (ed. 3) xiii. 378 It is important to maintain leak-free joints. Sometimes the replacement of the tubing ferrules, which ensure a seal between the tubing and the column, may be required. Compounds General attributive and appositive. ΚΠ 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 35 Sprit and sprit-topsail yards, fitted with a ferrule-hoop. 1857 Morning Chron. 26 Nov. The prisoner went up to the complainant, and, with great force, ran the ferrule end of her umbrella into her eye. 1897 Engineering 25 June 2/4 Gun-metal Taps and Ferrule Fittings. 1911 Sci. Amer. 5 Aug. 127/4 A removable fastening pin is passed through the stud of the button and the ferrule attachment to hold the trace in position. 1997 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 16 May 2 e The black matte heads have deep burgundy ferrules with brass ferrule caps, collars and rivets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ferrulev. transitive. To provide or fit with a ferrule or ferrules. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > encase or sheathe > with a ferrule verrela1450 ferrule1870 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 89 The Staves..were headed and ferrelled with Silver. a1706 J. Evelyn Sculptura (1906) ii. i. 7 To prevent the splitting of the topmost, it will not be amiss to feroll the ends with a paire of Iron circles. 1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling i. ii. 7 Let the rod consist of..six pieces; if you ferrel it, observe that they fit with the greatest nicety. 1855 New Sporting Mag. Apr. 275 The tips of the latter [sc. tusks] having been sawed off, and the extremities ferruled with brass annuli. 1870 G. W. Thornbury Old Stories 247 To ferrule the pikes. 1902 Internat. Jrnl. Surg. Jan. 23/2 A conservative operation, such as wiring or ferruling the bone or skin grafting,..gave excellent results. 1985 C. S. Ward Anaesthetic Equipm. (ed. 2) iv. 72/2 It is recommended that the pin index block with the hose ferruled directly to a tail be used and that the tommy bar of the yoke be replaced by an Allen screw. 2002 J. C. Chapralis Fishing Passion iii. 77 The blanks came in quickly, and since nearly all the rods were two-piece models, Ken measured and cut them in two and began ferruling them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611v.1694 |
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