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headpeace

headpeace is the obsolete form of headpiece.

Meaning of headpiece

Noun

headpiece (plural headpieces)

  1. The head; the brain; the head as the seat of intellect.
    1. A person with great intelligence.
      • He was going about pondering deeply, but in vain, how he might get out of his dilemma, when it came into his head to ask the advice of the boy that kept his pigs, who was a great head-piece, and had often helped him before.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 194
  2. A protective cover for the head; a helmet.
    Synonyms:
    headgear
  3. A headdress.
    Synonyms:
    headgear
  4. A headset.
    • Meronyms: mouthpiece, earpiece
  5. A headstall.
    Synonyms:
    headcollar

See all 9 meanings of headpiece

Forms of headpeace

pluralheadpeaces

Questions about headpeace

What is headpeace the obsolete form of?
Headpeace is the obsolete form of headpiece.

Words near headpeace in the dictionary

  1. headpads
  2. headpan
  3. headpans
  4. headpat
  5. headpats
  6. headpeace
  7. headpeaces
  8. headphone
  9. headphone concert
  10. headphone concerts
  11. headphone dodging

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