Meaning of headsheet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A poster or booklet containing headshots and brief descriptions of the models or actors represented by a modelling or talent agency.
2. The front page of a newspaper, containing the main headlines.
3. Synonym of coversheet.
4. Synonym of foresheet.
5. A cloth that covers the pillows at the head of a bed, protecting them from hair oils, etc.
   historical
6. Synonym of headcloth.
7. A sheet of metal that guards the front or head of something.

Examples

“I asked for the names of a couple of the advertising agencies to which the company representatives send the headsheet, to verify that they do what they claimed.”

“Not unlike the agency book, the headsheet is sent around to various clients and photographers as a quick-glance reference.”

“Too often, it's nothing more than labelling and a moving headsheet of actors.”

“He was infuriated, and wrote forthwith a challenge to Daniel scrawled on a newspaper headsheet.”

“And even when the headsheet gives an afterthought to these things, the results can be dismal.”

“A headsheet may be provided, to which these worksheets are attached, and on which descriptions, element times, and the job standard are shown.”

“COPY the agency identification number from the blue sheet into the space provided on the headsheet of this booklet.”

“Hilloa, the periagua !” it cried. “ Haul over your headsheet, and jam the tiller down into the lap of that comfortable-looking old gentleman.”

“Why don't you haul your headsheet to windward and Starboard your tiller.”

“There has been great controversy as to the position in the barge in which the last reel was deposited. The plaintiff says that it was only some 2 or 3 ft. from the headsheet, and that it was in the centre line between aft and forward of the barge.”

“If he is inclined to take a nap after dinner, ' his stomak to digest,' kerchief and comb, pillow and headsheet are to be got ready, and he is not to be allowed to sleep too long.”

“To said Duglas Sheffeild second best bed at Ealinge, chaiers. stooles, creepers, fyer pann, tongues and other furniture in the chamber; also little basin and silver candlestick which I usually have in my chamber etc.; also a silver tonne and porringer, Cambrick sheetes, headsheet, pillowbeers, and things belonging to child bed;”

“In 1494 the two large pillows had been covered by a headsheet which seems to have fallen out of fashion in the sixteenth century as there are very few amongst Henry VIII's goods (12686).”

“Her headsheet is wrapped half across her face, only her large, kohl-blackened eyes showing.”

“The door, however, did not open, and within the minute he whirled to a staccato rap on the pane beyond the door grill, confronting a grizzled face beneath a headsheet crowned with a frayed fillet.”

“The ceremony of divorce is simple. The man tears the headsheet of the woman in half and hands it over to her.”

“Traditional Arab headgear was available, very good in the hot sun although the heavy black circle of stiff cord that was supposed to keep the white headsheet in place tended to fall off with the slightest movement, ...”

“The number and size of tubes in a given area of headsheet and their relative positions have much to do with the steaming qualities of boilers.”

“From headsheet to tailgate— from top roll to longitudinals— every Galion Allsteel dump body is built to give long service life.”

“The bed is constructed of 0.250-inch-thick high-hard steel, and the headsheet and sides are of 7-gage steel.”

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