agraffe

American  

[uh-graf] / əˈgræf /

Or agrafe

noun

1. a small cramp iron.

2. a clasp, often richly ornamented, for clothing or armor.

3. a device, as a hook, for preventing vibration in the section of a piano string between the pin and the bridge.

4. (in classical architecture) a sculptural relief on the face of a keystone.

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agraffe British  

/ əˈɡræf /

noun

1. a fastening consisting of a loop and hook, formerly used in armour and clothing

2. a metal cramp used to connect stones

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Etymology

Origin of agraffe

1660–70; < French, variant of agrafe, noun derivative of agrafer to hook, equivalent to a- a- ⁵ + grafe hook, cramp iron, probably < Germanic; see grape

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Example Sentences

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agraffe

The shoes of purple velvet were fastened with buckles of diamonds to correspond with the agraffe of the cloak.

From Prince Eugene and His Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

So Countess Yarmouth appeared as a sultana, and his Majesty in a Turkish dress wore an agraffe of diamonds, and was very merry, was he?

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by George Saintsbury

His eyes sparkled even more lustrously than the gems in the agraffe of the crescent on the sultan's turban.

From Mohammed Ali and His House by Mrs. Chapman Coleman

Sometimes he wore a biretta with a diamond agraffe and a high plume of heron feathers.

From Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 by Achilles Rose

A stately heron's plume, fastened by an opal agraffe, waved from his marten-embroidered kalpag; his gorgeous bearskin was held together in front by a gold chain as broad as a man's hand, set with gems.

From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by M?r J?kai

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