In the medical world, "une agrafe" is 'a skin clip '... but let's forget about them for the time being. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In clothes, "une agrafe" is a hook used for fastening 2 edges of material together - usually more reliable than "un bouton-pression" (= a press button) ❋ Unknown (2010)
Toubon has issued a dictionary of approved French equivalents, some of them ludicrously unwieldy, such as the word agrafe (staple), mandated to replace video "clip." ❋ Unknown (2008)
Hint: the next word of the day will be agrafe .... ❋ Unknown (2010)
In clothes, "une agrafe" is a hook used for fastening 2 edges of material together - usually more reliable than "un bouton-pression" = a press button ❋ Unknown (2010)
In the medical world, "une agrafe" is 'a skin clip'... but let's forget about them for the time being. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The pardessus is confined in front (not quite so low as the waist) by a gilt agrafe. ❋ Various (N/A)
This consists of a triple-branched agrafe, provided with a kind of hinge. ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)
A tiny toy needle-gun suspended to the agrafe is pulled outwards and turned over the top of the bottle, whereupon the fastening becomes instantly disengaged, and anything like trouble, uncleanliness, or annoyance is entirely avoided. ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)
Men or lads remove the full bottles, replacing them by empty ones, while other hands convey them to the corkers, whose guillotine machines are incessantly in motion; next the _agrafeurs_ secure the corks by means of an iron staple, termed an agrafe; and then the bottles are conveyed either to a capacious apartment aboveground, known as a cellier, or to a cool cellar, according to the number of atmospheres the wine may indicate. ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)
The jewels sent were a pair of ear-rings and an _agrafe_ of emeralds encircled with diamonds. ❋ Etienne-L��on Lamothe-Langon (1825)
Appelmann attempted to move off with the waggon, his Highness took his plumed cap from his head, and cutting off the diamond agrafe with his dagger, flung it to him, exclaiming -- ❋ Wilhelm Meinhold (1824)
Now the chief equerry nearly fell from his horse with shame as the knave picked up the agrafe, and shoved it into his pocket, then humbly addressing his Highness, prayed for permission just to leave the maiden and her luggage in Stargard, and then he would return instantly with both horses, and bring them himself to his gracious Highness at Friedrichswald. ❋ Wilhelm Meinhold (1824)
- "un ourlet" = a hem (one piece of material folded twice and edge stitched down) - "une agrafe" = a hook (fastening device used when sewing clothes) and also a staple. ❋ Unknown (2010)
"une agrafe" = a hook fastening device used when sewing clothes and also a staple. ❋ Unknown (2010)
[for] ty-four gallons ... (_number supplied from other passages_) loosens the _agrafe_ securing the cork, Bang goes the latter ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)
