A protective metal plate or armor covering the head, or in machinery, a plate forming the upper or leading part of a structure.
Compound of 'head' and 'plate'; technical and armor terminology used since medieval period for protective or structural components.
Medieval headplates in armor were metallurgical achievements—smiths had to make them strong enough to stop arrows but light enough to not snap the neck!
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