Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of ferule
nounferuling (plural ferulings)
plural ferulings
- Punishment with a ferule.
In the old days when feruling was common in the schools, the boys had a belief that if they spit in their hand before the teacher struck it, the ferule would break in two at the first blow.
1896, Clifton Johnson, “Charms”, in What They Say in New England (non-fiction), Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Lee and Shepard Publishers, page 43
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