helve

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

gambo

impugnatura

manico

Stiel

steel

mettere il manico

çembil

destik

ansa

στηλιάρι

agafador

στυλιάρι

helvelle

manient

قَبْضَة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɛlv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: helfe

Inherited from Old English: 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.