heads

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.

2. One side of a coin:Examples: "Heads, I win."

3. One side of a coin:Synonyms: obverseAntonyms: tailsusually

4. One side of a coin:Synonyms: reverseAntonyms: harpsIrelandsometimes

5. (Ireland, law) The draft scheme of a bill before it is formally introduced to a parliament.Examples: "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."; "The Heads of the Bill are being published to enable consultation with relevant sectors on the proposed changes prior to the detailed drafting of the Bill."Ireland