agraffe

Meaning

  1. A clasp consisting of a hook which fastens onto a ring.
  2. A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is held so as to limit the vibration.
  3. A carved keystone, usually decorated with a mascaron or a corbel, often used in Classical architecture.
  4. 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.

Translations

Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈɡɹæf/
Etymology

Borrowed from French agrafe, from agrafer (“to hook”).

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