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
Words nearby running head
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