haft > define

noun

• The handle of a weapon or tool.
  • synonyms: helve

• (n.) A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword or dagger; the hilt.
• (n.) A dwelling.
• (v.t.) To set in or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.