haft
noun
a handle, especially of a knife, sword, or dagger.
hafts
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present tense formof haft (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In unearthed knife hafts shaped like seals, in villagers’ stories of cranes and walruses, the human and natural coalesce.
From Nature ● Sep. 15, 2019
Some horns are used in alternative medicine that has no effect; others are turned into the hafts of ornate knives or other decorative artifacts.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2018
William and Anders nearly broke the shovel hafts prying the oblong thing from the earth.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 22, 2016
White knife hafts are sawed out of them for the cutlers.”
From Scientific American ● Nov. 22, 2011
The hafts of the tools were stained black with the sweat of us all, our contributions, black and white alike.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
