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headpiece

noun
/ˈhɛdˌpis/US

Etymology

From head + piece.

  1. derived from *kʷezdis✻ — “piece, portion, quota”
  2. derived from *pettyā✻
  3. derived from petia
  4. derived from piece
  5. inherited from pece
  6. compounded as headpiece — “head + piece”

Definitions

  1. The head

    The head; the brain; the head as the seat of intellect.

  2. Something covering the head.

  3. A headset.

    • Meronyms: mouthpiece, earpiece
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A headstall.

    2. A headboard of a bed.

    3. A decorative page heading used at the start of volumes or chapters.

      • A view of a Wenford train headed by this locomotive forms the headpiece to the present article.

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

      • Near-synonym: head

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