Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A protective covering for the head.
- noun A set of headphones; a headset.
- noun An ornamental design, especially at the top of a page.
- noun The seat of intelligence; brains.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The figurehead, scroll-piece, or fiddle-head under a vessel's bowsprit.
- noun A helmet; specifically, an open helmet such as was worn after the abandonment of the armet; also, a hat; head-gear. See morion, cabasset, burganet.
- noun The head; especially, the head as the seat of the understanding; hence, intelligence; judgment.
- noun A decorative engraving placed at the top of the first page of a book, or at the beginning of a chapter, etc.; a head-band.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Head.
- noun A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages.
- noun Understanding; mental faculty.
- noun An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
head ; the brain. - noun Something
covering thehead . - noun Protecting
cover for thehead ; ahelmet . - noun A
headset . - noun A
headstall . - noun A
decorative page heading . - noun The top piece or part of various things.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a protective helmet for the head
- noun the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head
Etymologies
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Examples
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The operator of this fine headpiece is a little hamster who tells me he is my conscience, but he doesn't bother me such since he only squeaks L33T.
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The operator of this fine headpiece is a little hamster who tells me he is my conscience, but he doesn't bother me such since he only squeaks L33T.
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The headpiece was a gauge with eyeholes at “110” and “120.”
Some Assembly Required Lynn Kiele Bonasia 2008
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His headpiece was a plain morion, dented and battered.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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His headpiece was a plain morion, dented and battered.
The Hour Of The Dragon Howard, Robert E. 1977
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His headpiece was a plain morion, dented and battered.
The Hour of the Dragon Howard, Robert E. 1977
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Bare-headed the combatants engaged, and the headpiece was the chief point of attack.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Bare-headed the combatants engaged, and the headpiece was the chief point of attack.
Complete Short Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Bare-headed the combatants engaged, and the headpiece was the chief point of attack.
Farina George Meredith 1868
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A triangular shield hung at his back, and his headpiece was a simple peaked helmet of iron, with a prolongation in front that guarded his nose.
Erling the Bold 1859
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