Associations to the word «Helve»

Wiktionary

HELVE, noun. The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
HELVE, noun. A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
HELVE, verb. (transitive) To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve.

Dictionary definition

HELVE, noun. The handle of a weapon or tool.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope