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agraffe|əˈgræf|
[a. Fr. agrafe, formerly agraffe, agraphe, agrappe (see agrappes), f. à + grappe:—late L. grappa 7th c., ad. OHG. chrapfo hook, mod.G. krappen. Cf. Cymric crap hook.]
1. A kind of hook, which fastens to a ring, used as a clasp.
a1666Evelyn Diary c. 16 Nov., an. 1643 (1955) II. 88 The agraffe of his royal mantle. 1707Lond. Gaz. mmmmccclxii/2 The Present..is an Agraffe of Diamonds, and a Diamond Buckle for an Hat. 1820Scott Ivanhoe (1830) 33 The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliants. 1872O. Shipley Eccl. Terms 388 Foreign ritualists mention a sort of agrafe of pearls, worn by the pope and cardinals under this name [rationale].
2. Various technical uses: see quots.
1883Lond. & Prov. Music Trades Rev. Mar. 13/2 Erard [in 1808]..substituting for a long, pinned wooden bridge as many little brass bridges as there were notes. The strings passing through holes bored through the little bridges, called agraffes, or studs, turned upwards towards the wrest⁓pin. 1900Dorland Med. Dict. 27/2 Agraffe, an instrument for keeping together the edges of the wound in operation for harelip. 1918E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 11 Agraffe,..the coupling pin in artillery. |