ringheads

Noun

ringhead (plural ringheads)

1. The top of a ring-shaped construction.
   • The ringheads and 4 feet of the soffit from the face of the arch are faced with blue Staffordshire bricks .1901, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Transactions, page 235
2. An instrument used for stretching woollen cloth.
3. A cutting tool or assembly that consists of a circular head which houses multiple cutting knives or blades arranged in a ring formation.
   • In the figure only the top and bottom cylinder heads have been replaced by ringheads, with the side heads remaining conventional so that rounded corners can be produced on the planed planks.1974, Richard A. Horn, Morphology of Wood Pulp Fiber from Softwoods and Influence on Paper Strength, page 3
4. A journalist who covers Olympic sports.
   • That's a lesson my friend and fellow ringhead ( Olympic journalist ) Elliott Almond and I learned one day long ago on the slopes of Mount Hood .2009, Jack C. Harris, The Winter Olympics, page 166
5. (South Africa, offensive) A warrior of the Zulu or Amaswazi tribe.
   • It appears that, as he rode towards the outspan place and saw the concourse, six ringheads or warriors stepped out to meet him, and one of them, laying down his weapons, advanced holding a white shield before him to show that his errand was peaceful.1946, Thomas Baines, John Peter Richard Wallis, The Northern Goldfields Diaries of Thomas Baines, page 162

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