haft
pronunciation
How to pronounce haft in British English:
UK [hɑ:ft]
How to pronounce haft in American English:
US [hæft]
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- Noun:
- the handle of a weapon or tool
Word Origin
- haft (n.)
- Old English hæft "handle," especially of a cutting or thrusting instrument, related to hæft "fetter, bond; captive, slave," via a common notion of "a seizing, a thing seized," from Proto-Germanic *haftjam (cognates: Old Saxon haft "captured;" Dutch hecht, Old High German hefti, German Heft "handle;" German Haft "arrest"), from PIE *kap- "to grasp" (see capable). To haven other haeftes in hand "have other hafts in hand" was a 14c.-15c. way of saying "have other business to attend to."
Example
- 1. Clip up your hair by haft .
- 2. You could place haft a dozen of them on a pinhead .
- 3. The play was terrible ; haft the actors didn 't known what to do with their hands .
- 4. A military statement said the test of the haft vii missile was carried out on thursday .
- 5. He puts haft an hour 's practice in piano playing everyday .