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

Don’t forget that there axe helve, whatever ye do!

From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.

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.

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