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

He stated to the mechanic that he might be here for several days; at this juncture, it occurred to him that he had forgotten that axe helve which Mrs. Crump had demanded especially.

From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.

There is also a push-pick, an implement with a straight helve and a pointed shovel head 6 in. long and 3� in. wide.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

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