Meaning

The handle of a tool or weapon..

Definitions by Sense

1. The handle of a tool or weapon.
2. (transitive) To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon).
3. (transitive) To grip by the handle.
4. (Northern England, Scotland) Alternative spelling of heft (“piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to; flock or group of farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) which have become accustomed to a particular piece of pastureland”).
5. (ambitransitive, Northern England, Scotland) Alternative spelling of heft (“(transitive) to accustom (a flock or group of farm animals, chiefly cattle or sheep) to a piece of pastureland; to establish or settle (someone) in an occupation or place of residence; to establish or plant (something) firmly in a place; (intransitive, reflexive) of a thing: to establish or settle itself in a place”)

Example Sentences

See this brandiſh'd Dagger: / […] / I'll bury to the haft, in her fair breaſt, / This Inſtrument of my Revenge.

Instead, they made finely crafted bone points to haft onto their spears, reserving the use of flint mostly for blades and scrapers.

[…] I hae heard him say, that the root of the matter was mair deeply hafted in that wild muirland parish than in the Canogate of Edinburgh.

Word Forms

• hafts
• hafting
• hafted

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Use haft when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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