header

Noun

• a headlong jump (or fall)
  • he took a header into the shrubbery
    

• (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head

• a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon

• a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters

• brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

• horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window

• a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
  • the heading seemed to have little to do with the text
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  coping , cope , lintel , heading , head