figurehead

1. Lit. & Naut .: The ornamental figure, or part of a figure on the head or prow of a ship above the cutwater, and immediately below the bowsprit. The term is also applied to any ornament or ornamental work occupying the place of the figure-head proper, as a Fiddlehead (q. v.). 2. Fig .: The face of a man. ( Slang .) figure-maker, s. A modeler or maker of figures for various purposes, as anatomical models, lay figures, .