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 rose and saw his axe helve lying where he had lain that night.

From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.

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.

The ancient battleÐax had sometimes a double edge. µ The word is used adjectively or in combination; as, axhead or ax head; ax helve; ax handle; ax shaft; axÐshaped; axlike.

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