hilt
pronunciation
How to pronounce hilt in British English:
UK [hɪlt]
How to pronounce hilt in American English:
US [hɪlt]
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- Noun:
- the handle of a sword or dagger
Word Origin
- hilt (n.)
- Old English hilt "hilt, handle of a sword or dagger," from Proto-Germanic *helt (cognates: Old Norse hjalt, Old High German helza "hilt," Old Saxon helta "oar handle"), perhaps from PIE *kel- (1) "to strike." Formerly also used in plural in same sense as singular.
Example
- 1. Nine rapiers fan out in a single vitrine , each hilt resembling a richly engraved , swirling abstract sculpture .
- 2. A gold hilt fitting with inlaid garnets .
- 3. A dagger hilt found in the staffordshire hoard
- 4. Ford , which had mortgaged itself to the hilt three years earlier , only narrowly escaped the same fate .
- 5. The man chortled devilishly as he admiringly stroked the hilt of the weapon .