# headpan

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A round bowl-like container, used in construction work and usually carried on one's head.
2. The skull or neurocranium.

## Etymology
From Middle English heed panne, heved pan, from Old English hēafodpanne (“skull”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubudapannā, equivalent to head + pan. Cognate with Middle Low German hö̂vetpanne (“head, skull”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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