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

Added to the joke was the story of Thady Shea and the axe helve, which travelled fast and far.

From The Mesa Trail 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