HAFT

haft, helve

(noun) the handle of a weapon or tool

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

haft (plural hafts)

The handle of a tool or weapon.

Synonyms

• helve

Hyponyms

• hilt (sword handle)

• stale, stail, stele, steal (axe handle)

Verb

haft (third-person singular simple present hafts, present participle hafting, simple past and past participle hafted)

(transitive) To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon); to grip by the handle

Etymology 2

Noun

haft (plural hafts)

(Northern English dialect) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.

Anagrams

• Fath

Source: Wiktionary

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Haft, n. Etym: [AS. hæft; akin to D. & G. heft, Icel. hepti, and to E. Heave, or have. Cf. Heft.]

1. A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt. This brandish'dagger I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast. Dryden.

2. A dwelling. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Haft, v. t.

Definition: To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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