headstick

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noun

A stick-like device strapped to a paralysed person's head to allow them to perform activities such as typing on a keyboard.

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Meanings

nounheadstick (plural headsticks)

plural headsticks

  1. A stick-like device strapped to a paralysed person's head to allow them to perform activities such as typing on a keyboard.
  2. historicalmediaA straight piece of furniture placed at the head of a form, between the chase and the type.

    The sidesticks should be of the full length of the page, and abut against the headsticks on the outside of the form .

    1841, William Savage, A Dictionary of the Art of Printing, page 330
  3. nauticalA spar attached to the head of the topsail.

Origin

From head + stick.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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