headpiece

headpiece is a   Noun

Definition:

[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.

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