FIBULA
Fibula
A fibula is an ancient brooch. Technically, the Latin term, fibulae, refers to Roman brooches; however, the term is widely used to refer to brooches from the entire ancient and early medieval world that continue Roman forms. Nevertheless, its use in English is more restricted than in other languages, and in particular post-Roman brooches from the British Isles are just called brooches, where in German they would probably be fibulae. Unlike most modern brooches, fibulae were not only decorative; they originally served a practical function: to fasten clothing, such as cloaks. Fibulae replaced straight pins that were used to fasten clothing in the Neolithic ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Fibula (brooch)
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fibula
Noun
- The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the calf bone.
- An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
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