helve

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Through centuries of trial & error many of man's simplest tools ?the ax helve, the plowshare, the ox yoke ?had achieved a utilitarian perfection of design.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Can a man not come back for an axe helve without finding his house a shambles?”

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

Shea packed his few belongings, regretfully left the historic axe helve for Mrs. Crump, then motioned his prisoner to help him lift Dorales.

From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.

"Why, my dear abbe, how you throw the helve after the hatchet!"

From The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental by Dumas père, Alexandre

With the fall of the blow, and the shock of it running up the helve through arms and shoulders, they were completely awake.

From The Boss of Wind River by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)