headpiece

[ hed-pees ]

/ ˈhɛdˌpis /

a piece of armor for the head; helmet.

any covering for the head.

a headset.

the head as the seat of the intellect; judgment.

the top piece or part of any of various things.

Printing. a decorative piece at the head of a page, chapter, etc.

Origin of headpiece

First recorded in 1520–30; head + piece

Dick obeyed unwillingly, and his brother-officer turned the headpiece upside-down and looked inside.

Draw Swords! |George Manville Fenn
The face is covered with a headpiece of linen fitted with plaster.

The World and Its People: Book VII |Anna B. Badlam
An Oliver Cromwell at least, as he was a man of the people; and you seem to have as good a headpiece as my valiant brother.

Flora Lyndsay |Susanna Moodie
Removing the headpiece, he hurried Bob back into the power house.

The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border |Gerald Breckenridge

"Nothing but a hat the worse, sir," said I, showing the two bullet-holes in my headpiece.

Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2) |Charles Lever

headpiece

/ (ˈhɛdˌpiːs) /

printing a decorative band at the top of a page, chapter, etc

any covering for the head, esp a helmet

archaic the intellect

a less common word for crownpiece (def. 2)