helve

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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

Oh, chevalier, one must not throw the helve after the hatchet!

From The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental by Dumas père, Alexandre

The speaker recounted, with many added elaborations and details, the story of Thady Shea and his axe helve.

From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.

It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah