helve
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of helve
before 900; Middle English; Old English h ( i ) elfe
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Through centuries of trial & error many of man's simplest tools ?the ax helve, the plowshare, the ox yoke ?had achieved a utilitarian perfection of design.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Can a man not come back for an axe helve without finding his house a shambles?”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
Just like an axehead on its helve Old Bennett sat and watched the gathering.
From Reynard the Fox by John Masefield
Fire wood was scattered about; here was an axe with a broken helve, there a rust-eaten shovel, and the whole place spoke of poverty.
From The Last Straw by Harold Titus
The wrought-iron shoe of a horse occurs to us, perhaps a ship’s anchor, a string-bow or an axe helve.
From Making a Fireplace by Henry H. (Henry Hodgman) Saylor
They cut and shaved axe-handles and helved them.
From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Arthur Henry Howard Heming
The father and Da'Be took their stand face to face on either side of a tree, and their axes, helved with birch, began to swing in rhythm.
From Maria Chapdelaine by W. H. Blake
Carpenter and others at work on shallop, getting out stock for a new shallop, helving tools, making articles needed, etc.
From The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete by Azel Ames
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