Headpiece
[hedpi:s]
Definition
(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.
Checked by Klaus
Examples
- Unutterable relief instantly filled them as if they fell upon the mystic jewel which sparkled in the centre of my stolen headpiece. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And I think they were wrong in laying aside some _faces_, and particularly certain _headpieces_, that would have been both useful and ornamental. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Checker: Marge