different between billiards vs ferrule

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?l??dz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?l.j?dz/
• Hyphenation: bil?liards

Etymology 1

From French billard, originally referring to the wooden cue stick, diminutive of Old French bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile (“large tree, tree trunk”)), from Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?olh?yos (“leaf”), from *b?leh?- (“blossom, flower”).

Noun

billiards (uncountable)

1. (games, Britain) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.

   Synonym: English billiards

2. (games, US) The collective noun for games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cue sport

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See also

• pool
• snooker

Etymology 2

Noun

billiards

1. plural of billiard

English

Etymology

From Middle English verel, virel, virole (“ferrule; metal pivot on the end of an axle”), altered under the influence of Latin ferrum (“iron”), from Old French virole (“ferrule”), from Latin viriola (“little bracelet”), diminutive of viria (“bracelet worn by men”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *w?ros (“crooked”) (compare Middle Irish fiar (“bent, crooked”), Welsh g?yr, Breton gwar (“curved”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh?ros (“threaded, turned, twisted”), from *weyh?- (“to turn, twist, weave”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??(?)l/, /-?u?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f???l/
• Hyphenation: fer?rule

Noun

ferrule (plural ferrules)

1. A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting. [from early 17th c.]
   1. (specifically, climbing) The metal spike at the end of the shaft of an ice axe.
2. A band holding parts of an object together.
   1. A bushing for securing a pipe joint.
   2. A metal sleeve placed inside a gutter at the top.
   3. (billiards) The plastic band attaching the tip to the cue.
   4. (painting) The pinched metal band which holds the bristles of a paintbrush to the shaft.

Derived terms

• ferruled (adjective)

Translations

Verb

ferrule (third-person singular simple present ferrules, present participle ferruling, simple past and past participle ferruled)

1. (transitive) To equip with a ferrule.

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References

Further reading

• ferrule on Wikipedia.Wikipedia