agraffe
Meaning
- A clasp consisting of a hook which fastens onto a ring.
- A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is held so as to limit the vibration.
- A carved keystone, usually decorated with a mascaron or a corbel, often used in Classical architecture.
- A brass fitting, screwed into a piano plate, that positions the strings vertically and laterally, and defines one end of the string's speaking length.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈɡɹæf/
Etymology
Borrowed from French agrafe, from agrafer (“to hook”).
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