heading

The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.

Noun

  1. The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
    • put the information under the "Advantages" heading
  2. 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. A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine, particularly one driving through a solid body of coal or ore; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
    • http://undergroundcoal.com.au/fundamentals/01_process.aspx Once access has been gained into the coal seam, workings are developed by mining a series of roadways (or headings). These roadways are tunnels largely, if not...

    Synonyms: roadway

  5. The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
  6. The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
  7. A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English -ing English heading From head + -ing.

Forms

headings

Derived

double-heading letterheading nonheading running heading single-heading subheading subject heading treble-heading

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of head