Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A protective covering for the head.
- n. A set of headphones; a headset.
- n. See headstall.
- n. An ornamental design, especially at the top of a page.
- n. The seat of intelligence; brains.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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.
- n. The head; especially, the head as the seat of the understanding; hence, intelligence; judgment.
- n. 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.
- n. The figurehead, scroll-piece, or fiddle-head under a vessel's bowsprit.
Wiktionary
- n. The head; the brain.
- n. Something covering the head.
- n. Protecting cover for the head; a helmet.
- n. A headset.
- n. A headstall.
- n. A decorative page heading.
- n. The top piece or part of various things.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Head.
- n. A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages.
- n. Understanding; mental faculty.
- n. An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a protective helmet for the head
- n. the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head
Etymologies
- head + piece (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
“The headpiece was a gauge with eyeholes at “110” and “120.””
“His headpiece was a plain morion, dented and battered.”
“Bare-headed the combatants engaged, and the headpiece was the chief point of attack.”
“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.”
“The headpiece is a trip, I have a fake pheasant attached whose name is Butch.”
“[2.4] The term "headpiece" is probably used here to mean the headboard of a bed.”
“A man in a full firefighting suit approached and removed his headpiece.”
“Kimberly walked down the steps of the castle in the gown she had picked out, but with a few key accessories: a custom vintage-lace headpiece and veil, multiple strands of pearls around her neck, sheer opera-length gloves, and a rose bouquet accented with pearls and peacock feathers.”
“The intricate woven detail of the headpiece was visible through a translucent veil that draped to collarbone level in the front and hung longer in the back.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘headpiece’.
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[Open] “What’s that on your head?”
Headgear: “anything worn on the head” (that isn’t part of the head). Hats are fine, but for a more detailed, wider selection of fashionable hats in all colors and sizes, please see Reese Tee’s li...
goggles, wig, headdress, cap, hackamore, halter, bridle, beanie, turban, hat, crown, chapeau and 126 more...
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AGRI - horse breeding
driving, implement, Trot, speed, exhale, dope, obstacle, tail, plow, coloration, para, weaving and 678 more...
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hats and headgear
Everything hats,things with hoods,hoods,scarves,crowns,useful
adjectival forms,hat expressions,
alternate spellingsbabushka, balaclava, bamoral, baseball cap, beanie, bearskin, beaver hat, beret, billycock, biretta, boater, bobble hat and 422 more...
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What Keeps Your Ears Apart?
A sort of stuffie of words/phrases that include "head"
head of cattle, out of one's head, head of the stairs, come to a head, head of steam, head of the page, win by a head, head taller, headway, fountainhead, heads or tails, hit the nail on t... and 143 more...
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