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 man's face was almost hidden by his cap and by the blue puffs of his pipe; the girl's was averted towards the ground where, with the ferule of her umbrella, she lazily drew signs.
From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel
As she ran she caught her thick parasol by the ferule and swung it aloft.
From Lad: A Dog by Terhune, Albert Payson
People said the steel ferule of the umbrella had attracted the electric current.
From My Little Sister by Robins, Elizabeth
