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• The grip of a sword is part of its hilt.From the entry grip
• You can't expect him to spare any more money, because he's borrowed up to the hilt from the bank for his new apartment.From the entry to the hilt
• Or, three swords in fess palewise azure, guarded vert, hilted gules; unidentified.2015 12, Elizabeth Archibald, David F. Johnson, Arthurian Literature XXXII, Boydell & Brewer, →ISBN, page 160. From the entry guarded
• He retracted the OTF blade into the hilt and walked away.2014, Jesse C. Pacheco, Requiem of Assassins I: Assassination of the Raven, Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency, →ISBN, page 146. From the entry OTF
• The singlestick is a wooden rod (usually ash) with a basket hilt.2010, Thomas A. Green, Joseph R. Svinth, Martial Arts of the World. From the entry singlestick
• Not wanting to lose his favorite sword, Orivon hung on grimly to its hilt.2008, Ed Greenwood, “Great Slaughtering Battle”, in Dark Vengeance (A Novel of Niflheim; 2), New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 223. From the entry drawing back
• The hilt of the ballistic knife remained in the youth's hand.1998, Terence M. Green, Blue Limbo. From the entry ballistic knife
• The tang button tightened on the blade tang , thus securing the entire assembled hilt .1995, John R. Angolia, In the Service of the Reich: Diplomatic & Government Officials, German Red Cross, R James Bender Pub. From the entry tang button
• His fingers relaxed around the hilt of the ninja-to, and the sword dropped to the ground.1988, Joseph Rosenberger, Hell Wind in Burma, →ISBN, page 78. From the entry ninjato
• Crest a canton gules a sword erect proper, hilted and pommelled or, entwisted with a palm-branch vert.1910, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour, page 406. From the entry entwisted
• The blade is 33 in. long, of triangular section, etched, gilt and blued at the hilt.1904, Sir Guy Francis Laking, The Armoury of Windsor Castle: European Section, page 181. From the entry chape
• He waved his hands helplessly around the hilt of his sword, as if it were surrounded by an invisible shield.2024, Jim Genzano, Castle and Glass: A Stranger World Adventure. From the entry unswing
• Some say you must live to the hilt.2011, Mack Reynolds, Tomorrow Might Be Different, →ISBN. From the entry eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die
• She knew that sleaze Hakido would do something to stick the knife in and twist it to the hilt.1999, E. Brewer, Picking Up the Marbles, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 162. From the entry sleaze
• In some types of hilt one quillon was curved towards the pommel, serving as a guard for the knuckles.1997, Dale Anthony Girard, “The Sword and the Stage: An Introduction to the Theatrical Rapier”, in Actors on Guard: A Practical Guide for…. From the entry quillon
• Sosun pattā , cylindrical hilt , recurved quillons . 58.1989, Gayatri Nath Pant, Mughal Weapons in the Bābur-nāmā, South Asia Books. From the entry tang button
• It was with a hilted knife maybe?1907, John Millington Synge, The Playboy of the Western World, act I. From the entry hilted
• The forte begins from the hilt, extending as far as the middle of the blade; and the remainder is called the debole.2021, Guy Windsor, The Complete Rapier. From the entry debole
• He took out of it two long Italian rapiers, with splendid steel hilts and blades, which he planted point downwards in the lawn.1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Sins of Prince Saradine”, in The Innocence of Father Brown. From the entry rapier
• And furtively Time looked him in the face and edged towards him fingering with his dripping fingers the hilt of his nimble sword.1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods, London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 4. From the entry furtively
• Henry carried a heavy broadsword with a cruciform hilt, and a decorated dagger on his hip known as a misericord because its blade could release souls.2013, Colin Brown, “1415 Azincourt”, in Glory and B*llocks: The Truth Behind Ten Defining Events in British History, →ISBN, page 46. From the entry broadsword
• During one of its drawing backs, between wall-slams, he leaned down and planted his other sword against the wall, point out and hilt against the stone.2008, Ed Greenwood, “Great Slaughtering Battle”, in Dark Vengeance (A Novel of Niflheim; 2), New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 223. From the entry drawing back
• They sparred heavily for nearly ten minutes, neither gaining the advantage until Kathleen, with one furious uphand stroke, snapped Reed's blade in two near the hilt.2002, Catherine Hart, Fire and Ice, →ISBN, page 359. From the entry uphand
• A small man he, booted, belted, buckskinned, broadsworded, to the hilt, his face like an old brown canvas sail, his hair whirling like smoke about his head.1974, Brian W[ilson] Aldiss, The Eighty-Minute Hour: A Space Opera, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 9. From the entry broadsworded
• His buskins were laced with gold, and from his belt hung a sword, narrow of blade and keen, the hilt rough with beryls and black diamonds.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 5. From the entry beryl

Meaning of hilt

1. noun 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. noun The base of the penis.
3. verb To provide with a hilt.

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How do you use hilt in a sentence?

Hilt is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The grip of a sword is part of its hilt.”

What is a short sentence with hilt?

“his fingers hilted inside”

What does hilt mean?

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