Haft

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːft

From Old English hæft.

Full definition of haft

Noun

1. The handle of a tool or weapon.
• DrydenThis brandish'd dagger
  I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast.

Synonyms

• hilt (sword handle)
• stale, stail, stele, steal (axe handle)

Verb

1. To fit a handle to a tool or weapon.

From Old Norse hefð.

Alternative forms

• heft

Noun

1. (Northern English dialect) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.