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Synonyms for helve

Grammar : Noun
Spell : helv
Phonetic Transcription : hɛlv

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Définition 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

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