head|ing

head|ing
head|ing «HEHD ihng», noun.
1. something used as a head, front, or top. The pieces of wood for the heads of casks and barrels are headings.
2. something written or printed at the top of a page. A letterhead is a heading.
3. the title of a page, chapter, or topic.
4. a subject of discourse; topic.
5. the direction toward which an aircraft or ship is moving.
6. a) a passage driven through coal or sometimes rock, for working a mine, or for draining or ventilating; drift. b) the end of a drift.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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