Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ferule

Ferule (? o?; 277) , noun

[Latin ferula: compare French férule. See Ferula.]

1.
A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment.
2.
A ferrule. [Rare]

Ferule , transitive verb

To punish with a ferule.