Also means
brooch
Usage Note
Épingle covers both a straight pin (for sewing) and a decorative pin or brooch. The compound épingle de sûreté or épingle à nourrice means 'safety pin'. The idiom tiré à quatre épingles (dressed to the nines, literally 'pulled tight with four pins') describes someone impeccably dressed. Épingler as a verb means both 'to pin' and colloquially 'to catch/nab' a suspect.
Examples
"Elle fixa le tissu avec une épingle."
Natural Translation
She fastened the fabric with a pin.
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