a flat stick or ruler used for punishing children
Origin of ferule
Middle English ferul from Classical Latin ferula: see ferulatransitive verb
-·uled, -·ul·ing to strike or punish with a ferule
ferule
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ferule
noun
An instrument, such as a cane, stick, or flat piece of wood, used in punishing children.
transitive verb
fer·uled, fer·ul·ing, fer·ulesTo punish with a ferule.
Origin of ferule
Middle English ferul fennel stalk from Latin ferula fennel stalk, rodTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural ferules)
Verb
(third-person singular simple present ferules, present participle feruling, simple past and past participle feruled)
- To punish with a ferule.
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