haft

[ haft, hahft ]
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noun
  1. a handle, especially of a knife, sword, or dagger.

verb (used with object)
  1. to furnish with a haft or handle; set in a haft.

Origin of haft

1
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hæft handle, literally, that which is taken, grasped; cognate with Latin captus,German Heft han-dle

Other words from haft

  • un·haft, verb (used with object)

Words Nearby haft

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How to use haft in a sentence

  • This friend works near haft-e Tir Square, where many of the protests have converged.

  • When we got out at haft-Tir Station, we found ourselves among the familiar crowd.

  • In front of her was a damsel bearing in baldric a great sword with haft of emerald and tassels of jewel-encrusted gold.

    The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney Hartland
  • Pulling his great knife from its buckskin sheath he curled the fat little hand around its haft and led him to the white body.

    The Way of an Indian | Frederic Remington
  • Naxa had entered silently while they talked, and stood with his fingers touching the haft of this same ax.

    Deathworld | Harry Harrison

British Dictionary definitions for haft

haft

/ (hɑːft) /


noun
  1. the handle of an axe, knife, etc

verb
  1. (tr) to provide with a haft

Origin of haft

1
Old English hæft; related to Old Norse hapt, Old High German haft fetter, hefti handle

Derived forms of haft

  • hafter, noun

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