Definitions of ferule in English
noun
(1) A switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle
(2) A switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children
Examples of ferule in English
(1) It was considered an excellent plan to beat all pupils with the ferule , in order to make knowledge enter the heads of the bad.
(2) 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
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