running head

noun

, Printing.

1. a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.

running head

noun

1. printing a heading printed at the top of every page or every other page of a book

Word History and Origins

Origin of running head¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

There were two issues of this book, the variations of which occur in the running head-lines.

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In books and pamphlets the page number is usually at the outside end of the running-head line.

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The gage should include the length of a full page, over all, from the top of the running head down to the foot slug.

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The page number or folio is in the end of the running head line, the odd numbers at the right and the even numbers at the left.

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The freight crew had ignored or forgotten it, and were now past Point of Rocks running head-on against the passenger train.

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