Heading
Heading , noun
1.
The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.
2.
That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.
3.
Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
4.
(a) (Mining, tunneling) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; the vein above a drift.
(b)
(Mining, tunneling) The end of a drift or gallery; also, the working face at the end of a tunnel, gallery, drift, or adit from which the work is advanced.
5.
(Sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
6.
(Masonry) That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward. — Knight
Collocations (2)
Heading joint (Carpentry) , A joint, as of two or more boards, etc., at right angles to the grain of the wood. A joint between two roussoirs in the same course.