helve means the handle or haft of a tool or weapon. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
helve is pronounced /hɛlv/.
Etymology
From Middle English helfe, helve; from Old English hielfe, from Proto-Germanic *halbiją. Probably cognate to English half, although Etymonline claims relation from halter and helm.
noun
- The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.“It was the bad ax-helve someone had sold me— / “Made on machine,” he said, plowing the grain […]”
- A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
verb
- To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve.