headpiece

English

Etymology

From head +‎ piece.

Noun

headpiece (plural headpieces)

2. The head; the brain.
4. Something covering the head.

   Synonym: headgear

   Coordinate term: hairpiece

   2. A protective cover for the head; a helmet.
   4. A headdress.
6. A headset.

   Meronyms: mouthpiece, earpiece

8. A headstall.

   Synonym: headcollar

9. 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.

11. (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.

12. The top piece or part of any of various things.

    Near-synonym: head

Translations

head — see head

something covering the head — see headgear

helmet — see helmet

headset — see headset

headstall — see headstall

decorative page heading

• Bulgarian: винетка f (vinetka)
• Finnish: otsikkokoriste

top piece

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} dessus de la tete m
• German: ^{(please verify)} Nackenriemen m

References

• OED2
• The Macquarie Dictionary