haft

Examples

• All

• Either the haft of a knife or the butt of a gun.

  Where Eagles Dare (1968)

• Perrin lurched into a run, one hand holding his axe to keep the haft from banging against his leg.

  Fiction book (1991)

• His hands tightened on the haft of his axe.

  Fiction book (1991)

• At any rate, this suggests a date of no later than 1860 for the carving of the axe haft.

  Academic text (1994)

• A stone knife on a neatly mounted haft is stuck in a belt made of videotape and woven fiber.

  Fiction book (2000)

• At the thought of a mammoth, his hands itched to feel the haft of a spear, though he could certainly not kill such a beast by himself.

  Fiction book (1994)

• "He looked shrewdly at Chan Bahlum, then thumped the haft of his spear on a knobby root.

  Fiction book (1993)

• He lowered the dirk, kissed it at the juncture of haft and tang, and thrust it home in its sheath.

  Fiction book (1991)

• At Ikerin, Yusuf Amuda possessed an axe with a haft carved in the shape of a woman kneeling with her hands over her breasts (Fig. 12).

  Academic text (1994)

• The warrior gripped the haft of his sword tightly as he prepared for battle.

Synonyms

H

handle

vshaft

211 1.0

The part of an object you hold to carry or use it

is limited to parts for tools or weapons rather than any object

H

hilt

vshaft

24 7.5

The handle of a sword or dagger that you hold

is more general and applies to many kinds of tool and weapon grips

H

helve

vshaft

• Archaic

9.9

The handle of a tool like an axe or hammer

is broader, covering the part for many tools and weapons including knives and swords

Surface Forms

Etymology