headload
English
Etymology
Noun
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- A load carried on the head.
- In India, we saw women carrying headloads of firewood.Category:English terms with usage examples#HEADLOAD
- 1958 June 17, Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 129:
- That night he collected his most valuable belongings into head-loads.Category:English terms with quotations#HEADLOAD