haft

UK: /hɑːft/ US: /hæft/ ,(haft, häft)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

haft /hæft/   n. [countable]

1. a handle, esp. of a knife, sword, or dagger.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

haft  (haft, häft), n. 

1. a handle, esp. of a knife, sword, or dagger.

v.t. 

2. to furnish with a haft or handle;
   set in a haft.

• bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English hæft handle, literally, that which is taken, grasped; cognate with Latin captus, German Heft han-dle

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haft / hɑːft/ noun

1. the handle of an axe, knife, etc

verb

1. (transitive) to provide with a haft

Etymology: Old English hæft; related to Old Norse hapt, Old High German haft fetter, hefti handle