headload

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noun

A load carried on the head.

“In India, we saw women carrying headloads of firewood.”

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Meanings

nounheadload (plural headloads)

plural headloads

  1. A load carried on the head.

    In India, we saw women carrying headloads of firewood.

    1 more example

    That night he collected his most valuable belongings into head-loads.

    1958 June 17, Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, New York, N.Y.: Astor-Honor, published 1959, →OCLC, part 1, page 129

Origin

From head + load.

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APA

headload. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headload

MLA

“headload.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headload. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “headload,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headload.

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