header

n 1: horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or

window [syn: {lintel}]

2: brick that are laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn: {coping},

{cope}]

3: 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

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

a wagon

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

6: a headlong jump (or fall); "he took a header into the

shrubbery"

header

1. The portion of a {packet}, preceding the actual data,

containing source and destination addresses, error checking

and other fields.

2. The part of an {electronic mail} message or {news} article

that precedes the body of a message and contains, among other

things, the sender's name and e-mail address and the date and

time the message was sent.