heading
/ˈhɛdɪŋ/ noun B1- The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof. · put the information under the "Advantages" heading
- 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)
- Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
- 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.
- The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
- The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
- A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard.
Plural headings
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Your letter came with that heading, and as you fixed this appointment in very pressing terms it was clear that something sudden and important had occurred."
Blindly we ran through the gloom, blundering against boulders, forcing our way through gorse bushes, panting up hills and rushing down slopes, heading always in the direction whence those dreadful sounds had come.
You will find a few notes upon the matter under the heading B in my indexed list of cases.”
One of the articles had a pencil mark at the heading, and I naturally began to run my eye through it.
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