1. present participle of ferule; to strike or punish with a ferule (a flat stick or ruler)
Usage: chiefly historical or educational context; now rare in modern usage

1. the act or practice of striking someone with a ferule as punishment
Usage: archaic; associated with traditional school discipline

Examples

• The teacher was feruling students for misbehavior, a practice now considered inappropriate.
• Feruling was once a common form of school discipline in many countries.
• Historical records show that feruling was used to enforce classroom rules.
• The headmaster's feruling of lazy students was feared throughout the school.
• Modern education has abandoned feruling in favor of other disciplinary methods.