header

noun

1. 1

   a headlong jump (or fall)

   he took a header into the shrubbery

2. 2

   (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head

3. 3

   a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon

4. 4

   a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters

5. 5

   brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

6. 6

   horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window

7. 7

   a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

   the heading seemed to have little to do with the text