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.

Just like an axehead on its helve Old Bennett sat and watched the gathering.

From Reynard the Fox by Masefield, John

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