An alternative spelling of agrafe, a clasp or hook-and-eye fastening used particularly in binding or securing materials.
Variant spelling of agrafe, possibly influenced by French spelling conventions where double 'f' is used in certain fastening-related terms.
This alternate spelling reminds us that English borrowed from French during the Norman period, and we kept their spelling quirks even when we pronounced it the same way!
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