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

With the fall of the blow, and the shock of it running up the helve through arms and shoulders, they were completely awake.

From The Boss of Wind River by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)

What are known as power hammers are those driven by belt and pulley; while those known as trip hammers have their helve lifted through the medium of revolving lugs or cams.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The hand on the axe helve shook perceptibly.

From Old Crow by Brown, Alice