heads

IPA(Pronunciation)

/hɛdz/

Noun

abbreviation alt-of clipping Ireland

(nautical) That part of older sailing ships forward of the forecastle and around the beak, used by the crew as their lavatory; still used as the word for toilets on a ship.

Japanese Meaning

船のトイレ（特に古い帆船において、船首周辺に配置され、乗組員が用を足すために使用された部分）

What is this buttons?

The crew stood in line at the heads before we set sail at dawn.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

乗組員は夜明けに出航する前に船の便所に並んだ。

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Sense（1）

(nautical) That part of older sailing ships forward of the forecastle and around the beak, used by the crew as their lavatory; still used as the word for toilets on a ship.

Sense（2）

The side of a coin that bears the picture of the head of state or similar.

Heads, I win.

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Sense（3）

Clipping of headphones.

Pass me the heads, I wanna listen.

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Sense（4）

(Ireland, law) The draft scheme of a bill before it is formally introduced to a parliament.

Until the session of 1782 bills could only (under Poynings’ Law) begin in the Irish privy council. However, informal legislative initiatives, known as ‘heads of bills’, began regularly in the houses of parliament.

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Sense（5）

Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.

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