haft
noun
[ hɑːft ]
• the handle of a knife, axe, or spear.
haft
verb
• provide (a blade, axe head, or spearhead) with a haft.
• "it took a man just over eight and a half hours to haft an axe for me"
Origin:
Old English hæft, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch heft, hecht and German Heft, also to heave.
