• Heading

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -É›dɪŋ

    Verb

    heading
    1. Present participle of head

    Full definition of heading

    Noun

    heading

    (plural headings)
    1. The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
    2. (nautical) 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. (mining) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
    5. (sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
    6. (masonry) The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.

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