HELVE

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.

2.
n.

The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer.

3.
n.

A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.

4.
v.

To furnish with a helve, as an ax.