different between ferrule vs filbert

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

English

Alternative forms

• filberd

Etymology

Earlier filbert-nut, Philibert-nut, from Anglo-Norman noix de filbert, so named because they are ripe near Saint Philibert’s Day.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?lb?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f?lb?t/

Noun

filbert (plural filberts)

1. The hazelnut.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2

     I'll bring thee / To clust'ring filberts, and sometimes I'll get thee / Young scamels from the rock.
2. The hazel tree.
3. A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.

Synonyms

• (nut): hazelnut
• (tree): hazelnut

Hyponyms

• cobnut (usually the common hazel (Corylus avellana) which grows in the UK and Europe)

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Anagrams

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