helve
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
- helver noun
- unhelved adjective
Etymology
Origin of helve
before 900; Middle English; Old English h ( i ) elfe
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
He rose and saw his axe helve lying where he had lain that night.
From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.
These journals are the centre of motion of the hammer helve e.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Thady Shea reëntered the store, in blissful ignorance that he was done for, and demanded his axe helve.
From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.
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