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Definition of Headpieces
1. headpiece [n] - See also: headpiece
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headpieces
Literary usage of Headpieces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Howard Pyle: A Record of His Illustrations and Writings by Willard Samuel Morse, Gertrude Brincklé (1921)
"In addition the book contains: front cover decoration, one frontispiece, one
title page, three headpieces, nine decorations, ..."
2. The Manuscripts of the Right Honourable F. J. Savile Foljambe, of Osberton by Francis John Savile Foljambe, James, Great Britain Privy Council (1897)
"Coats of plate 2, headpieces 1, swords 1. In Worlington Hundred, armour lost:
... Of armour taken nway by Garret, headpieces 3. In the Hundred of Wallington ..."
3. Surrey Archaeological Collections by Surrey Archaeological Society (1901)
"... headpieces 4, muskets changed 1, headpieces changed 2, sword and dagger 1.
... headpieces 11, swords and daggers 11, coats of plate 2, headpieces 1, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"The headpieces of the old MSS. and some of the early printed books were ...
headpieces have been revived of late years ; they are mostly copied from old ..."
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