helve

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
2. A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.

Verb

To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve.

Concepts

helvelle

manient

maniez

manions

Synonymes

haft

handle

hilt

shaft

helve-hammer

grip

stem

stock

shank

stalk

pedicel

peduncle

petiole

quickset

scape

slip

stipe

caudex

hand lever

manubrium

podetium

having a handle

tilt-hammer

arm

shaft of an axe

axis

bail

cutting

graft

gripe

handgrip

head

holder

keeper

Traductions

gambo

impugnatura

manico

Stiel

destik

çembil

mettere il manico

steel

ansa

στηλιάρι

agafador

στυλιάρι

قَبْضَة

ansa

ξύλο πελέκεως

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/hɛlv/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: helfe

Hérité de ancien anglais: hielfe

In summary

From Middle English helfe, helve; from Old English hielfe, from Proto-Germanic *halbiją. Probably cognate to English half, although Etymonline claims relation from halter and helm.