What does helve mean in English? Meaning of helve definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "helve": the handle of a weapon or tool
Noun
Meaning: the handle of a weapon or toolSynonyms: haft
helveHypernyms: grip
handgrip
handle
holdHyphenation: hel‧ve
Adjective: The handle or haft of a tool or weapon. 1917, Robert Frost, The Ax-helve: It was the bad ax-helve someone had sold me— / “Made on machine,” he said, plowing the grain [...]. 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!: The eyelet in the rose pilleum of his glans welled a clear bead that silled under the corona, wound the veinclomb helve, and ran a snailtrack down the thrum and ridge of the underduct. 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 847: Happily they were only sketchily armed, the group-leaders carried pistols and pick-helves.1917, Robert Frost, The Ax-helve: It was the bad ax-helve someone had sold me— / “Made on machine,” he said, plowing the grain [...].1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!: The eyelet in the rose pilleum of his glans welled a clear bead that silled under the corona, wound the veinclomb helve, and ran a snailtrack down the thrum and ridge of the underduct.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 847: Happily they were only sketchily armed, the group-leaders carried pistols and pick-helves.A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.Synonyms:
knob, shaft, stem, holder, ear, crank, grasp, hold, bail, arm, stock, handgrip, hilt, haft, tiller, cylinder, beam, tunnel, rod, duct, chimney, vent, monolith, spear, pole, barb, spindle, axis, spire, ray, lance, conduit, handle, obelisk, missile, axle, pinnacle, hole, bar, column, pillar, flue, arrow, tongue, diaphysis, thill,
Antonyms:
release, advantage, closure,
