Definition of "fermail" []

• A clasp or catch for mail or costume: same as agraffe, 1. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Elle avoit aux oreilles un fermail (anneau) large et plat, orn� de plusieurs pierres pr閏ieuses, et particuli鑢ement de rubis."
• "He wore a white silken tunic, the border richly embroidered in gold; a crimson dalmatic covered with golden stars; a mantle of blue samite, fastened on the right shoulder with a golden fermail set with a large ruby; and red hose, crossed by golden bands all up the leg."
• "_ See _Fermaile_. [elsewhere spelled “fermail”] _Saltire."