What does "headpiece" mean?
Headpiece: A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages.
Additional senses
- 2.Understanding; mental faculty. Eumenes had the best headpiece of all Alexander's captains. Prideaux.
- 3.An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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