headhunting

& a. A. As subst.: The practice of raiding for the purpose of collecting human heads. "Some of the young Dyaks have plainly stated that they would give up head - hunting were it not for the taunts and gibes of their wives and sweethearts." -Keppel: Visit to the Indian Archipelago , i. 129. B. As adj .: Pertaining to or in any way connected with the practice described under A. "Sibau Mohang and his followers killed in one week being out on a head-hunting expedition-not le than sixty people." -Report Brit . A oc . (1880), p. 662. head-knee, s. Ship build.: A piece of compa -timber fayed