hilt

Meaning

Noun

1. The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.
2. The base of the penis.

Verb

1. (transitive) To provide with a hilt.
2. (transitive) To insert (a bodily extremity) as far as it can go into a sexual orifice so that it is impeded by the wider base to which it is attached (finger until palm, penis until pelvis).

Synonyms

handle

haft

grip

helve

knob

shaft

sword-hilt

stock

hand lever

manubrium

having a handle

bail

colter arm

gripe

handgrip

hold

holder

keeper

petiole

Translations

poignée

λαβή

Griff

empuñadura

mango

elsa

heft

impugnatura

cabo

puño

✊

punho

✊

Heft

📓

empunhadura

kabza

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɪlt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hilt

Inherited from Old English: hilt

Cognate with Old Norse: hjalt

Cognate with Old High German: helza

Cognate with Old Saxon: helta

In summary

From Middle English hilt, hilte, from Old English hilt, hilte, from Proto-Germanic *heltą, *heltǭ, *heltō, *hiltijō, (compare Old Norse hjalt, Old High German helza, Old Saxon helta), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to strike, cut”) (see holt).