noun.
A helmet; specifically, an open helmet such as was worn after the abandonment of the armet; also, a hat; head-gear. See morion, cabasset, burganet.
noun.
The head; especially, the head as the seat of the understanding; hence, intelligence; judgment.
noun.
A decorative engraving placed at the top of the first page of a book, or at the beginning of a chapter, etc.; a head-band.
noun.
The figurehead, scroll-piece, or fiddle-head under a vessel's bowsprit.