Haft

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A Dwelling.

II. Haft ·vt To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.

III. Haft ·noun 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.