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headin'

headin' is the pronunciation spelling of heading.

Meaning of heading

Noun

heading (plural headings)

  1. The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
    • put the information under the "Advantages" heading
  2. (nautical and aeronautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
  3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
  4. A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine, particularly one driving through a solid body of coal or ore; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
    • http://undergroundcoal.com.au/fundamentals/01_process.aspx
      Once access has been gained into the coal seam, workings are developed by mining a series of roadways (or headings). These roadways are tunnels largely, if not totally, within the seam, usually rectangular in shape though on occasions they...
    Synonyms:
    roadway
  5. The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
  6. The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.

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Questions about headin'

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Headin' is the pronunciation spelling of heading.

Words near headin' in the dictionary

  1. headie
  2. headier
  3. headies
  4. headiest
  5. headily
  6. headin'
  7. headiness
  8. headinesses
  9. heading
  10. heading for the hills
  11. heading off

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