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English
Etymology
From head + piece.
Noun
headpiece (plural headpieces)
- The head; the brain.
- Something covering the head.
- Synonym: headgear
- Coordinate term: hairpiece
- A protective cover for the head; a helmet.
- A headdress.
- A headset.
- Meronyms: mouthpiece, earpiece
- A headstall.
- Synonym: headcollar
- A headboard of a bed.
1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 214:Wooden beds were made as replicas of large ones, some carved in walnut, others in magohany and with elaborate head-pieces. There were four-posters draped with curtains to pull and bedspreads to match, much beautiful hand-sewing and embroidery going to their manufacture.
- (publishing, printing) A decorative page heading used at the start of volumes or chapters.
- Coordinate term: frontispiece
1940 December, Charles E. Lee, “The Wenford Mineral Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 643:A view of a Wenford train headed by this locomotive forms the headpiece to the present article.
- The top piece or part of any of various things.
- Near-synonym: head
Translations
something covering the head
— see headgearTranslations to be checked
References
- OED2
- The Macquarie Dictionary