running title

noun

1. Printing. running head.

Word History and Origins

Origin of running title¹

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

Camilla was instantly for joining that lady; but Eugenia felt an unconquerable curiosity to learn the running title of the book.

From Project Gutenberg

The work of the latter is called Compendium de Rerum Natur, and is printed, after the preface, with this running title.

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The running title and colophons are in rustic capitals, not in uncials.

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The “Mirabilia” might be the running title for a whole system of geography.

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Almost every page has a distinct running title descriptive of the subject below treated of.

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