hilt

CEFRC2

/hɪlt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The handle of a sword or other weapon.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The base of the penis.

Examples

  • He's living his role to the hilt.

  • She shoved the knife in to the hilt.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To provide with a hilt.

  2. The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To insert (a bodily extremity) as far as it can go into a sexual orifice so that it is impeded by the wider base to which it is attached (finger until palm, penis until pelvis).

More examples

In context

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

  • A partial tang does not extend all the way through the hilt and is normally not more than half the width of the blade. The length of the tang and the width, particularly where it narrows before entering the pommel, vary from sword to sword.

  • Reconstructions of Type A and Type B swords weigh less than 500g, even when hilted.

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He held the sword's blank tightly as he prepared for battle.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English hilt, hilte, from Old English hilt, hilte, from Proto-Germanic *heltą, *heltǭ, *heltō, *hiltijō, (compare Old Norse hjalt, Old High German helza, Old Saxon helta), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to strike, cut”) (see holt).