agraffe

US: (ə graf′)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

a•graffe  (ə graf′), n. 

1. a small cramp iron.
2. Clothing a clasp, often richly ornamented, for clothing or armor.
3. Music and Dance a device, as a hook, for preventing vibration in the section of a piano string between the pin and the bridge.
4. Architecture (in classical architecture) a sculptural relief on the face of a keystone.

Also, a•grafe  (ə graf′). 

• Gmc; see grape
• French, variant of agrafe, noun, nominal derivative of agrafer to hook, equivalent. to a- a-⁵ + grafe hook, cramp iron, probably
• 1660–70