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hilt

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noun

the handle of a sword or dagger.
the handle of any weapon or tool.

verb (used with object)

to furnish with a hilt.

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Idioms

    to the hilt, to the maximum extent or degree; completely; fully: to play the role to the hilt.Also up to the hilt.

Origin of hilt

before 900; Middle English, Old English hilt(e); cognate with Middle Dutch hilt(e), Old Norse hjalt, Old High German helza handle of a sword
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Examples from the Web for hilted

  • Fleuret meant in Old French a sword-blade not yet polished and hilted, and we find it used, as we do Eng.

    The Romance of Words (4th ed.)|Ernest Weekley
British Dictionary definitions for hilted

hilt

noun

the handle or shaft of a sword, dagger, etc
to the hilt to the full

verb

(tr) to supply with a hilt

Word Origin for hilt

Old English; related to Old Norse hjalt, Old Saxon helta oar handle, Old High German helza
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Word Origin and History for hilted

hilt

n.

Old English hilt "hilt, handle of a sword or dagger," from Proto-Germanic *helt (cf. Old Norse hjalt, Old High German helza "hilt," Old Saxon helta "oar handle"), perhaps from PIE *kel- "to strike." Formerly also used in plural in same sense as singular.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with hilted

hilt

see to the hilt.

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