[a. Fr. agrafe, formerly agraffe, agraphe, agrappe (see AGRAPPES), f. à + grappe:—late L. grappa 7th c., ad. OHG. chrapfo hook, mod.G. krappen. Cf. Cymric crap hook.] A kind of hook, which fastens to a ring, used as a clasp.
1707. Lond. Gaz., mmmmccclxii/2. The Present … is an Agraffe of Diamonds, and a Diamond Buckle for an Hat.
1820. Scott, Ivanhoe (1830), 33. The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliants.
1872. O. Shipley, Eccl. Terms, 388. Foreign ritualists mention a sort of agrafe of pearls, worn by the pope and cardinals under this name [rationale].
