helve

Example Sentences

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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 axe that flies from the helve at the first stroke, may be sharp as a grindstone can make it, but it will never cut a tree down for all that.”

From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by Tucker, St. George

Don’t forget that there axe helve, whatever ye do!

From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.

Added to the joke was the story of Thady Shea and the axe helve, which travelled fast and far.

From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.