helve
Example Sentences
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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
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.
Don’t forget that there axe helve, whatever ye do!
From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.
Thady Shea reëntered the store, in blissful ignorance that he was done for, and demanded his axe helve.
From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.
