hilt

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪlt

Etymology

From Old English hilt, hilte.

Noun

hilt (plural hilts)

1. The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.
2. The base of the penis
   • 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 2

     he draws it again, and just wetting it with spittle, re-enters, and with ease sheath'd it now up to the hilt

Synonyms

• haft

Meronyms

• grip
• guard
• pommel

Holonyms

• sword

Translations

grip of a sword

• Catalan: empunyadura (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柄 (cmn) (bǐng), 刀柄 (cmn) (dāobǐng)

• Czech: jílec (cs) m
• Dutch: heft (nl) n
• Finnish: kahva (fi)
• French: poignée (fr) f
• German: Griff (de) m
• Greek: λαβή (el) (laví) f
• Hungarian: markolat (hu)

• Icelandic: hjalt (is) n
• Indonesian: gagang
• Italian: impugnatura (it) f, elsa (it) f
• Japanese: 柄 (ja) (つか, tsuka)
• Korean: 칼자루 (ko) (kkaljaro)
• Lithuanian: rankena f
• Macedonian: балчак (mk) (bálčak) m
• Portuguese: empunhadura (pt), cabo (pt)
• Russian: рукоятка (ru) (rukojátka) f, эфес (ru) (efés) m
• Spanish: empuñadura (es) f, mango (es) m
• Swedish: hjalt (sv) n

Verb

hilt (third-person singular simple present hilts, present participle hilting, simple past and past participle hilted)

1. (transitive) To provide with a hilt.

Anagrams

• lith