headpiece

[hed-pees]

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noun

a piece of armor for the head; helmet.

any covering for the head.

a headset.

the head as the seat of the intellect; judgment.

the top piece or part of any of various things.

Printing. a decorative piece at the head of a page, chapter, etc.

Origin of headpiece

First recorded in 1520–30; head + piece

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Examples from the Web for headpiece

Dick obeyed unwillingly, and his brother-officer turned the headpiece upside-down and looked inside.
Draw Swords!|George Manville Fenn
The face is covered with a headpiece of linen fitted with plaster.
The World and Its People: Book VII|Anna B. Badlam
An Oliver Cromwell at least, as he was a man of the people; and you seem to have as good a headpiece as my valiant brother.
Flora Lyndsay|Susanna Moodie
Removing the headpiece, he hurried Bob back into the power house.
The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border|Gerald Breckenridge

"Nothing but a hat the worse, sir," said I, showing the two bullet-holes in my headpiece.
Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2)|Charles Lever

British Dictionary definitions for headpiece

headpiece

noun

printing a decorative band at the top of a page, chapter, etc

any covering for the head, esp a helmet

archaic the intellect

a less common word for crownpiece (def. 2)

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