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headpiece

[ hed-pees ]

noun

  1. a piece of armor for the head; heads; helmet.
  2. any covering for the head. heads.
  3. a headset.
  4. the head heads as the seat of the intellect; judgment.
  5. the top piece or part of any of various things.
  6. Printing. a decorative piece at the head heads of a page, chapter, etc.


headpiece

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noun

  1. printing a decorative band at the top of a page, chapter, etc
  2. any covering for the head, esp a helmet
  3. archaic.
    the intellect
  4. a less common word for crownpiece
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of headpiece1

First recorded in 1520–30; head + piece
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Sales from these two handmade headpieces will be donated to the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation.

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At this year’s Hollywood Forever Cemetery’s Day of the Dead festival we talked with attendees behind elaborate costumes, from floral headpieces to skeleton face paintings.

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When a swimmer’s cap fell into the pool, Paris sent a Speedo-clad worker to collect the headpiece.

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Their feathers were often worn as headpieces by chiefs and their families and also gifted or traded.

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