gaffed

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And agraffes are the ornamented hooks used to fasten Knights' armor.

From The Crow's Nest by Day, Clarence

In Homer the wooers try to gain the favor of Penelope with golden breastpins, agraffes, ear-rings, and chains.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

The long harmonic bar of gun metal lies immediately above the agraffes, and crossing the wrest-plank in its entire width, serves to keep it, at the bearing line, in position.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various

The strings passing through holes bored through the little bridges, called agraffes, or studs, turned upward toward the wrest-pin.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various

The bridegroom wore a velvet coat, as nobles did then, with agraffes and fur on it.

From Timar's Two Worlds by Jókai, Mór