headstroke

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noun

A horizontal line at the top of a letter such as F or T.

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Meanings

nounheadstroke (plural headstrokes)

plural headstrokes

  1. A horizontal line at the top of a letter such as F or T.
  2. human sciencesIn some language scripts, a line written over the letters of a word.

    The distinguishing feature of Oriya letters is the curved headstroke instead of the straight horizontal headstroke of Devanagari, Bengali, and Gurmukhi.

    2003, Richard Gillam, Unicode Demystified: A Practical Programmer's Guide to the Encoding Standard

Origin

From head + stroke.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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