单词 | agraffe |
释义 | agraffe /euh graf"/, n. 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. Also, agrafe /euh graf"/. [1660-70; < F, var. of agrafe, n. deriv. of agrafer to hook, equiv. to a- A-5 + grafe hook, cramp iron, prob. < Gmc; see GRAPE] |
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