headsheets

Noun

headsheet (plural headsheets)

1. A poster or booklet containing headshots and brief descriptions of the models or actors represented by a modelling or talent agency.
   • I asked for the names of a couple of the advertising agencies to which the company representatives send the headsheet, to verify that they do what they claimed.1998, Susan M. Halter, Modeling How One Parent Started Her Children, →ISBN, page 6
2. The front page of a newspaper, containing the main headlines.
   • He was infuriated, and wrote forthwith a challenge to Daniel scrawled on a newspaper headsheet.1934, Hervey Allen, Israfel: The Life and Times of Edgar Allan Poe, page 614
3. Synonym of coversheet.
   • A headsheet may be provided, to which these worksheets are attached, and on which descriptions, element times, and the job standard are shown.1945, Wayne Leslie McNaughton, Industrial Economy and Labor Control, page 191

   Synonyms:

   coversheet

4. Synonym of foresheet.
   • Hilloa, the periagua !” it cried. “ Haul over your headsheet, and jam the tiller down into the lap of that comfortable-looking old gentleman.1873, James Fenimore Cooper, The Water-witch Or the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale, page 37

   Synonyms:

   foresheet

5. (historical) A cloth that covers the pillows at the head of a bed, protecting them from hair oils, etc.
   • If he is inclined to take a nap after dinner, ' his stomak to digest,' kerchief and comb, pillow and headsheet are to be got ready, and he is not to be allowed to sleep too long.1871, Belgravia - Volume 14, page 128
6. Synonym of headcloth.
   • Her headsheet is wrapped half across her face, only her large, kohl-blackened eyes showing.1979, Jane Sherman, The drama of Denishawn dance, page 37

   Synonyms:

   headcloth

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