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
"Why, my dear abbe, how you throw the helve after the hatchet!"
From The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental by Dumas père, Alexandre
Oh, chevalier, one must not throw the helve after the hatchet!
From The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental by Dumas père, Alexandre
Finding that he was only a couple of blocks from the main street of the town, Shea walked toward it, the axe helve still in his hand.
From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.
