haft

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /hæft/
• (RP) IPA: /hɑːft/

Noun

haft (plural hafts)

1. The handle of a tool or weapon.

   • This brandish'd dagger / I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast.

Synonyms

• helve

Translations

• German: Griff
• Italian: elsa, coccia, impugnatura, guardamano, presa, ansa, maniglia, manopola
• Portuguese: cabo
• Russian: ру́чка
• Spanish: empuñadura, asidero

Verb

haft (hafts, present participle hafting; past and past participle hafted)

1. (transitive) To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon); to grip by the handle

Noun

haft (plural hafts)

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

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