heading

Verb

• Present participle of head

Noun

• The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
• The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
• Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
• A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
• The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
• The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
• A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard.