Agraffe Definition

əgraf

noun

A hook-and-loop arrangement used for a clasp on armor and clothing.

American Heritage

A hook and loop, used to fasten armor or clothing.

Webster's New World

A cramp iron for holding stones together in building.

American Heritage

A metal bracket used in building to hold stones together.

Webster's New World

A clasp consisting of a hook which fastens on to a ring.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Agraffe

Singular:

agraffe

Plural:

agraffes

French agrafe from agrafer to hook onto a- to (from Latin ad- ad–) grafer to hook (from grafe hook) (from Old High German krāpfo)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Borrowing from French agrafe, from agrafer (“to hook”).

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