running head


noun Printing.

a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.
Also called running title.

Origin of running head

First recorded in 1830–40

Example sentences from the Web for running head

  • In books and pamphlets the page number is usually at the outside end of the running-head line.

    Typesetting |A. A. Stewart

British Dictionary definitions for running head

running head

running title


noun

printing a heading printed at the top of every page or every other page of a book