Meaning & use
Agrafe
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A clasp or hook used to fasten a garment, or, in architecture, an ornamental keystone-like device carved above an arch.
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The cloak was fastened at the shoulder with a jeweled agrafe.
Above the doorway, a carved stone agrafe linked the arch to the cornice.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French 'agrafe' (hook or clasp); in medicine, the same word names a small metal staple once used to close surgical wounds.
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