headpan

== English == === Alternative forms === head pan, head-pan === 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”). === Noun === 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. Synonyms: brainpan, harnpan ==== Derived terms ==== headpanful === References === “headpan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Panhead