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Definition of Agraffe
1. n. A hook or clasp.
Definition of Agraffe
1. Noun. A clasp consisting of a hook which fastens on to a ring. ¹
2. Noun. A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Agraffe
1. an ornamental clasp [n -S]
Medical Definition of Agraffe
1. An appliance for clamping together the edges of a wound, used in lieu of sutures. Origin: Fr. Agrafe, a hook, clasp (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agraffe
Literary usage of Agraffe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Napoleon's Campaign in Russia, Anno 1812: Medico-historical by Achilles Rose (1913)
"Sometimes he wore a biretta with a diamond agraffe and a high plume of heron
feathers. Very seldom he appeared in the uniform of a marshal. ..."
2. History of the American Pianoforte: Its Technical Development, and the Trade by Daniel Spillane (1890)
"126848, Duplex agraffe Scale for " Pianos. I1 May 28.—CF T, Steinway, New York,
1878, No. ... Pianoforte agraffe. Nov. 30.—CFT Steinway, New York, No. ..."
3. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"In the Steinway piano, the capo d'astro agraffe already described is used ...
This agraffe is made of copper alloy, and is strengthened by a steel cap or ..."
4. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Park Benjamin, D. Appleton and Company (1880)
"The agraffe has been the subject of a large number of improvements and ...
The device used in the Chickering piano is known as the double-bearing agraffe, ..."
5. Le grand vocabulaire françois: contenant 10. L'explication de chaque mot by Guyot (Joseph Nicolas), Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort (1772)
"On appelle la porte de I'agraffe, la petite ouverture dans laquelle on ...
le crochet d'une agraffe. ..."
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