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/hˈɛdpiːs/
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NOUN
- a protective helmet for the head
- the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head
How To Use headpiece In A Sentence
- The headpieces, which looked like mops, draped from the heads of the revellers, bounced up and down as they moved across the stage.
- The burial shroud was lying where the body had been placed and the headpiece was folded neatly and put in a different part of the tomb.
- June on the other hand had a gorgeous white wedding dress with lace and satin and a beautiful headpiece.
- The kilt was my wear when first I went to Glascow College, and many a St Mungo keelie, no better than myself at classes or at English language, made fun of my brown knees, sometimes not to the advantage of his headpiece when it came to argument and neifs on the Fleshers 'Haugh. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
- Women have a choice of several feathered and sequined costumes, complete with chiffon trains and abundantly feathered headpieces, all coordinated according to the seven sections the band is presenting.
- Or a fool, perhaps, for all her sonneting, for there are men who relish a weak headpiece as the chiefest ornament of women, especially when its indeterminate vagaries boast an escape-valve remotely connected with the fine arts. Judith of the Plains
- And now he showed me pieces of armour, that is, a vizored headpiece or armet, with cuirass, backplates, pauldrons and vambraces, all very richly gilded, the which it seemed he had chosen for my defence. Martin Conisby's Vengeance
- The manuscript's decoration is lavish: it contains 46 full-page miniatures, painted headpieces and initials, and over a thousand gold letters.
- In medià ¦ val armour, a light globular headpiece, either with or without a vizor, and without a crest, the lower part curving outwards behind. c1440 Eng. Conq. Medallion Vulcan | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
- The headpiece was a gauge with eyeholes at “110” and “120.” Some Assembly Required