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ringhead¹

Where it comes from

From ring + head.

noun ringheads

  1. The top of a ring-shaped construction. The ringheads and 4 feet of the soffit from the face of the arch are faced with blue Staffordshire bricks .
  2. An instrument used for stretching woollen cloth.
  3. A cutting tool or assembly that consists of a circular head which houses multiple cutting knives or blades arranged in a ring formation. In the figure only the top and bottom cylinder heads have been replaced by ringheads, with the side heads remaining conventional so that rounded corners can be produced on the planed planks.
  4. A journalist who covers Olympic sports. That's a lesson my friend and fellow ringhead ( Olympic journalist ) Elliott Almond and I learned one day long ago on the slopes of Mount Hood .
  5. South Africa, offensive A warrior of the Zulu or Amaswazi tribe. It appears that, as he rode towards the outspan place and saw the concourse, six ringheads or warriors stepped out to meet him, and one of them, laying down his weapons, advanced holding a white shield before him to show that his errand was peaceful.

adjective

  1. not comparable Having a circular or ring-shaped head. In their archeological excavations, the Ingstads found eight turf-and-stone Norse dwellings similar to those in Greenland, and artifacts including a bronze Viking ringhead pin, a spindle whorl of soapstone, corroded iron rivets, an anvil, and a charcoal kiln and smithy.

Ringhead²

Where it comes from

From ring + -head.

noun Ringheads

  1. slang A fan of the opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner. And Ringheads aren't the only ones who are drawn to Wagner: only Hitler and Shakespeare have attracted so many biographers, analysts and apologists.

    Similar: Ringnut

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"ringhead." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ringhead. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"ringhead." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ringhead.

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@misc{ringhead_2026,
  title = {ringhead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ringhead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}