<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.</li><li>A short metal sleeve for strengthening a tool handle at the end holding the tool.</li><li>A bushing or adapter holding the end of a tube and inserted into a hole in a plate in order to make a tight fit, used in boilers, condensers, etc.</li><li>A short ring for reinforcing or decreasing the interior diameter of the end of a tube.</li><li>A short plumbing fitting, covered at its outer end and caulked or otherwise fixed to a branch from a pipe so that it can be removed to give access to the interior of the pipe.</li><li>Angling: either of two fittings on the end of a section of a sectional fishing rod, one fitting serving as a plug and the other as a socket for fastening the sections together.</li><li>One of two or more small rings spaced along the top of a casting rod to hold and guide the line.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>To furnish with a ferrule.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>