Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A buckle or clasp.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A buckle or clasp.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
buckle orclasp .
Etymologies
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Old French, diminutive of fermeil, fermail, clasp, probably from Old French and French fermer to make fast, from ferme fast. See firm.
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