Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Headpiece

Headpiece (-pēs`) , noun

1.
Head.
In his headpiece he felt a sore pain. — Spenser
2.
A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages.
3.
Understanding; mental faculty.
Eumenes had the best headpiece of all Alexander's captains. — Prideaux
4.
An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.