headpiece

Etymology

head + piece

noun

  1. The head; the brain.
  2. Something covering the head.
  3. Protecting cover for the head; a helmet.
  4. A headset.
  5. A headstall.
  6. (printing) A decorative page heading used at the start of volumes or chapters.
    A view of a Wenford train headed by this locomotive forms the headpiece to the present article. 1940 December, Charles E. Lee, “The Wenford Mineral Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 643
  7. The top piece or part of various things.

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