helve

Meanings

Noun

The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.

Verb

To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve.

Origin

From Middle English helfe, helve; from Old English hielfe, from Proto-Germanic *halbiją.

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