headpiece

headpiece is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages.
  2. 2.Understanding; mental faculty. Eumenes had the best headpiece of all Alexander's captains. Prideaux.
  3. 3.An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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