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

The hammer lever or helve is adjustable for height by means of the screw g and hand-wheel h, which raise or lower the bearings in which the helve journals are carried.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

Then, taking from the corner the axe helve, Shea passed outside the shack.

From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.

Just like an axehead on its helve Old Bennett sat and watched the gathering.

From Reynard the Fox by Masefield, John