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ˈsub-ˈhead
[sub- 5, 6.]
1. An official next in rank to the head (of a college, etc.).
1588in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. III. 27 The Hedds and Sub-Hedds of the said Colleges and Halls.
2. One of the subordinate divisions into which a main division of a subject is broken up.
1673O. Walker Educ. xi. 146, I have..chosen to follow Matteo Pellegrini, who reduceth all Predicates that can be applied to a subject..to twelve heads... I shall speak in order, shewing what sub-heads every place containeth. 1825J. Nicholson Oper. Mech. 532 For further information on this head the reader is referred to the sub-head—Plastering. 1884Manch. Exam. 6 Dec. 5/4 A question which occupies about thirty lines of print, and is divided into thirteen sub⁓heads. 1891Tuckley Under the Queen 268 Making every head and every sub-head [of a sermon] stand out in bold relief.
3. A subordinate heading or title in a newspaper, book, chapter, article, etc.
1875Southward Dict. Typogr. 130 When an article or chapter is divided into several parts, the headings to those parts are set in smaller type than the full head, and are called Sub-heads. 1889T. Campbell-Copeland Ladder of Journalism vi. 42 The first line..should consist of from twelve to fifteen letters, presenting in the briefest form..the subject of the article; beneath which, the sub-head of twelve words or thereabouts, making a line and a half, should be placed. 1903McNeill Egreg. Engl. 98 It is essential..that the episode should be reported with a separate sub-head and great circumstance in the Parliamentary report. 1914Temperance (Wales) Bill (H.C. 72) Cl. 3 (c) Sub-heads (h), (k), and (i) of subsection (2). 1927Amer. Speech II. 239/2 For a very long story, ‘subheads’ are usually provided, brief crosslines in bold face type the same size as the body type. 1961C. Willock Death in Covert xii. 203 One headline said: Regency rakes ride again, and the sub-head to the same story complained: Last time a man was blown up. 1979D. Anthony Long Hard Cure vii. 64 The news story..was on the front page, under the subhead: Maniac claims fourth victim.
So ˈsubheading = subhead 2, 3. ˈsubhead v. trans., to furnish with a sub-heading; also fig.
1874Catal. Apprentices' Libr. (N.Y.) p. v, Headings containing a large number of titles are subdivided into sub-headings to facilitate reference. 1877Harper's Mag. Dec. 45/2 One of them was heading and sub-heading cable dispatches from the seat of war. 1889Wheatley How to Catal. Libr. 197 In an index the headings will of course be in alphabet, and the sub-headings may be so also. 1902Daily Chron. 10 Feb. 3/3 Each occurrence being ticketed in the margin with a funny little inset sub-heading. 1904Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Dec. 1645 A chapter is devoted to this subject [of polysomatous terata] under the sub-headings of uniovular twins [etc.]. 1949Scrutiny XVI. 52 He [sc. C. E. M. Joad] contrasts the present period, which he subheads as ‘foreheads defiantly low’, with the happy time of his youth. 1978W. White in W. Whitman Daybks. & Notebks. II. 415 The account, which totals more than 26 column inches in the Times, ends with a section subheaded ‘The Poet Greets His Friends’. |