headpan

noun — 2 senses

headpan

noun

Etymology 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”).

In Africa A round bowl-like container, used in construction work and usually carried on one's head.

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Obsolete The skull or neurocranium.

Derived terms: headpanful

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