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haft definition

haft (haft, häft)

noun

a handle or hilt of a knife, ax, etc.

Etymology: ME < OE hæft, a handle < base of hebban: see heave

transitive verb

to fit with, or fix in, a haft

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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