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haft
[ haft, hahft ]
noun
- a handle, especially of a knife, sword, or dagger.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with a haft or handle; set in a haft.
haft
/ hɑːft /
noun
- the handle of an axe, knife, etc
verb
- tr to provide with a haft
Derived Forms
- ˈhafter, noun
Other Words From
- un·haft verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Origin of haft1
Word History and Origins
Origin of haft1
Example Sentences
This friend works near Haft-e Tir Square, where many of the protests have converged.
When we got out at Haft-Tir Station, we found ourselves among the familiar crowd.
In front of her was a damsel bearing in baldric a great sword with haft of emerald and tassels of jewel-encrusted gold.
Pulling his great knife from its buckskin sheath he curled the fat little hand around its haft and led him to the white body.
Naxa had entered silently while they talked, and stood with his fingers touching the haft of this same ax.
The midmost man brandishes that lance so that its edge-studs hardly stay therein, and he strikes the haft thrice against his palm.
Unless this come to the lance, it flames on its haft and will go through its bearer or the master of the palace wherein it is.
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