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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English heed panne, heved pan, from Old English hēafodpanne (“skull”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubudapannā, equivalent to head + pan. Cognate with Middle Low German hö̂vetpanne (“head, skull”).
Noun
[edit]headpan (plural headpans)
- (chiefly in Africa) A round bowl-like container, used in construction work and usually carried on one's head.
- (anatomy, obsolete) The skull or neurocranium.
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[edit]References
[edit]- “headpan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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