Definition of "haft"

haft¹

/hæft/

noun
plural hafts
1. The handle of a tool or weapon.
  Quotations
  See this brandiſh'd Dagger: / […] / I'll bury to the haft, in her fair breaſt, / This Inſtrument of my Revenge.
  1679, [John] Dryden, [Nathaniel] Lee, Oedipus: A Tragedy. […], London: […] R. Bentley and M. Magnes […], Act V, page 74
verb
third-person singular simple present hafts, present participle hafting, simple past and past participle hafted
1. (transitive) To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon).
  Quotations
  Instead, they made finely crafted bone points to haft onto their spears, reserving the use of flint mostly for blades and scrapers.
  2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 218
2. (transitive) To grip by the handle.

haft²

/hæft/

noun
plural hafts
1. (Northern English dialect) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.