Examples of haft in a Sentence

Noun the blade of the adze is still good, but the haft is broken and will have to be replaced

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun If Neanderthals were going to the trouble of putting tar on a small, everyday domestic tool like a flake (whether to attach it to a haft or just to make a simple grip), then producing tar in usable amounts must have been routine. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Neanderthal glue was a bigger deal than we thought," 22 Oct. 2019 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb There was the first time someone knapped and hafted a rock onto a spear shaft, and the first time someone strung up a bow. — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, "Will All This New Technology Ruin Hunting? In Short, No," 19 Mar. 2020 So the fact that archaeologists have found a handful of tools hafted using birch tar tells us that Neanderthals were (pardon the pun) pretty sharp. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Neanderthal glue was a bigger deal than we thought," 22 Oct. 2019 Those fires may have been used to work on existing tools, not just haft new ones. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Neanderthals glued their tools together," 2 July 2019

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