heading

Meanings

1. present participle and gerund of head

1. The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
2. The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
4. A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine, particularly one driving through a solid body of coal or ore; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
5. The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
6. The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
7. A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard.

Etymology

From head + -ing.