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headpiece definition

head·piece (hed′pēs′)

noun

  1. a covering for the head, esp. a protective covering; helmet
  2. the head; mind; intellect
  3. Printing an ornamental design at the beginning of a chapter or top of a page

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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