ferule in English

noun
1
a flat ruler with a widened end, formerly used for punishing children.
The cane, the birch and the ferule , a flat board also used to beat children and 'adults in a servile condition', were the teacher's badges. 438

Use "ferule" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "ferule" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "ferule", or refer to the context using the word "ferule" in the English Dictionary.

1. No mere ferule will answer for this offence.

2. The teacher often beat him with a ferule when he was young.

3. The teacher strikes the table with his ferule to quiet the students.

4. His rod and his ferule were seldom idle now -- at least among the smaller pupils.

5. In the investigation, the reasons why cause the sand burning are given by analyzing sand burning sites of LFC ferule and sand burning type, and the prevention measures are proposed.

6. There are many synonyms of Bastinadoes which include Bastinado, Bat, Billy, Birch, Blackjack, Bludgeon, Cane, Club, Cosh, Ferule, Mace, Paddle, Rod, Sap, Shill, Shillelagh, Spontoon, Stick, Switch, Truncheon, Nightstick, etc.