helve
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of helve
before 900; Middle English; Old English h ( i ) elfe
Example Sentences
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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
It was an ax, some five feet from haft to helve; double-bladed, each blade eight inches long, curved back slightly, and two inches thick by twice as much wide.
From Nuala O'Malley by Bedford-Jones, H.
The hammer lever or helve is adjustable for height by means of the screw g and hand-wheel h, which raise or lower the bearings in which the helve journals are carried.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Swifter than his hand was the axe helve.
From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.
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