I crimped a ferrule around the end of the stranded brake cable to prevent it from fraying.
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Ferrule
/ˈfɛɹ.(ə)l/
Synonyms for "ferrule" (11 found)
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6 entriesCollocations
11 entriesbanded ferrulebrass ferrulebrush ferrulecrimp ferrulecrimping ferruledental ferrulemetal ferrulepencil ferrulering ferrulesteel ferrulewooden ferrule
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 11 languages.
Czech
3 entries- objímka noun (band holding parts of an object together)
- příruba noun (band holding parts of an object together)
- zpevňující kroužek noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
Dutch
3 entries- beslagring noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
- metalen dop noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
- ring noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
German
3 entries- Halteband noun (band holding parts of an object together)
- Hülse noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
- Zwinge noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
Hungarian
4 entries- fémgyűrű noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
- fémkarika noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
- fémpánt noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
- gyűrű noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
Irish
3 entries- bianna noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
- fiú noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
- snong noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
Italian
1 entries- ghiera noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- نعل noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
Polish
2 entries- okucie noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
- oprawka noun (band holding parts of an object together)
Russian
1 entries- металли́ческий ободо́к noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
Slovak
3 entries- objímka noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
- obruč noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
- obrúčka noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
Spanish
4 entries- casquillo noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
- contera noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
- recatón noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
- regatón noun (band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The cane was produced in court; it was as stout as an old-fashioned club, and of terrific weight. The man who wielded it must have been very powerful, for he had only dealt one blow, but that blow had cracked the old man's skull. The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall-marked.
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He walked on, waiting to be spoken to, trailing his ashplant by his side. Its ferrule followed lightly on the path, squealing at his heels.
Source: wiktionary
'Butler! Send my rickshaw round to the front at once! To the station, jaldi!' she added as the rickshaw-man appeared, and, having settled herself in the rickshaw, poked him in the back with the ferrule of her umbrella to start him.
Source: wiktionary
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