n. A fillet; a band for the head.n. In printing: A thin slip of iron on the tympan of a printing-press.n. A band of decoration, usually engraved, at the head of a chapter or at the top of a page.n. In bookbinding, a sewed cord placed at the head and tail of the inner back of a well-bound book as a decoration and to make the inner back as long as the outer.To attach a head-band to (the inner back of a book) in the process of binding.