helve Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the handle of a weapon or tool
    haft.

WordNet

Helve noun
Etymology
OE. helve, helfe, AS. hielf, helf, hylf, cf. OHG. halb; and also E. halter, helm of a rudder.
Definitions
  1. The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.
  2. (Iron Working) (a) The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer. (b) A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
Helve transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Helved ; present participle & verbal noun Helving
Definitions
  1. To furnish with a helve, as an ax.

Webster 1913