headpiece
(noun) a protective helmet for the head
headstall, headpiece
(noun) the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse’s head
Source: WordNet® 3.1
headpiece (plural headpieces)
The head; the brain.
Something covering the head.
Protecting cover for the head; a helmet.
A headset.
A headstall.
(printing) A decorative page heading used at the start of volumes or chapters.
The top piece or part of various things.
• (something covering the head): headgear
Source: Wiktionary
Head"piece`, n.
1. Head. In his headpiece he felt a sore pain. Spenser.
2. A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages.
3. Understanding; mental faculty. Eumenes had the best headpiece of all Alexander's captains. Prideaux.
4. An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 June 2024
(adjective) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; “convulsive motions”; “his body made a spasmodic jerk”; “spastic movements”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
