Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 5 verelle, 7 verrill, 8 verril, 8–9 verrel, 9 verel, verrell. [ad. OF. virelle, virol (mod.F. virole): see FERRULE sb. and VIRL sb.] A ferrule.
1483. Cath. Angl., 400/2. A verelle of a knyffe, spirula.
1611. Cotgr., Frete, a Verrill; th’ yron band or hoope that keeps a wooden toole from riuing. Ibid., Tourillon, an inner Verrill; the round plate of yron whereby a peece of wood, often turned on, is preserued from wearing.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Verrel or Verril, a little Brass or Iron-ring, at the small end of a Cane, or Handle of a Tool, &c.
1773. Phil. Trans., LXIII. 418. I cover this part of the tube with a brass verrel.
1807. Vancouver, Agric. Devon (1813), 129. On the upper end of this spar is fixed a stout ring or verrell.
1828. Carr, Craven Gloss., Verel,… a small iron hoop.
