Antonyms for helve

Grammar : Noun

Spell : helv

Phonetic Transcription : hɛlv

Definition of helve

Origin : Old English helfe, hielfe "handle of an axe" or other tool or weapon, from Proto-Germanic *halb- (cf. Old Saxon helvi, Middle Dutch helf, Old High German halb "handle of an axe," Old High German helmo "tiller"); related to halter and helm (1), from PIE *kelp- "to hold, grasp." In Middle English, to holden the axe bi the helve (c.1200) meant "to take something by the right end."

As in shaft : noun long part of something
As in handle : noun something to grip

Example sentences :

Why, my dear abbe, how you throw the helve after the hatchet!
Extract from : « The Conspirators » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

The pick sunk to its helve in the earth, now softened by the spring rain.
Extract from : « Ruth Fielding At College » by Alice B. Emerson

I fling but the helve after the hatchet that has sunk into the silent stream.
Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The feel of the blow was good as the keen blade sank to the helve.
Extract from : « Connie Morgan in the Fur Country » by James B. Hendryx

So I used the helve of an entrenching-tool and the stalks of the willow undergrowth.
Extract from : « At Suvla Bay » by John Hargrave

Helve, helv, n. the handle of an axe or hatchet: the handle of a forehammer.
Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various

The handle broke short off at the point where the helve meets the steel.
Extract from : « Adventures In Contentment » by David Grayson

The hang of an axe is the way the handle or helve is fitted to the head.
Extract from : « Outdoor Sports and Games » by Claude H. Miller

With the fall of the blow, and the shock of it running up the helve through arms and shoulders, they were completely awake.
Extract from : « The Boss of Wind River » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)

But their throwing the helve after the hatchet, and giving up the malt-duty because they had lost the other, was droll enough.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) » by John Gibson Lockhart

Synonyms for helve

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