Ferule (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a rod, cane, or flat piece of wood for punishing children, especially by striking them on the hand.
verb (used with object), fer·uled, fer·ul·ing.
  1. to punish with a ferule.
noun, verb (used with object), fer·uled, fer·ul·ing.
  1. ferrule.
noun
  1. a flat piece of wood, such as a ruler, used in some schools to cane children on the hand
verb
  1. to punish with a ferule
noun
  1. a variant spelling of ferrule
Ferule (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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