agraffe
or a·grafe
a small cramp iron.
a clasp, often richly ornamented, for clothing or armor.
a device, as a hook, for preventing vibration in the section of a piano string between the pin and the bridge.
(in classical architecture) a sculptural relief on the face of a keystone.
Origin of agraffe
1Words Nearby agraffe
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use agraffe in a sentence
What part the agraffe played in it (a medival beast I imagined) I could not know, could not guess.
The Crow's Nest | Clarence Day, Jr.The hair is long, and over it is worn a neat cap with lappets and a golden agraffe and love-knot, to support the hair.
Ten Thousand Wonderful Things | Edmund Fillingham KingHe added that others such as Stroom, Graith, and agraffe appeared in his poems.
The Crow's Nest | Clarence Day, Jr.But he wrote certain poems, in which Stroom and Graith, and the agraffe appear.
The Crow's Nest | Clarence Day, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for agraffe
sometimes US agrafe
/ (əˈɡræf) /
a fastening consisting of a loop and hook, formerly used in armour and clothing
a metal cramp used to connect stones
Origin of agraffe
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse