| one of a pair of linked ornamental buttons or buttonlike devices for fastening a shirt cuff. |
cuff link or cuff·link (kŭf'lĭngk')  (click for larger image in new window) n. A fastening for a shirt cuff, usually consisting of two buttons or buttonlike parts connected with a chain or shank that passes through two slits in the cuff. |
cuff link
small ornamental device, generally a pair of linked buttons or one button that fastens with a bar or shank, inserted through buttonholes to keep the cuff of a shirt or blouse closed. Cuff buttons took the place of cuff strings in the 17th century, and the word link appeared as early as 1788.
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