Headstroke

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A horizontal line at the top of a letter such as F or T.
  2. 2
    In some language scripts, a line written over the letters of a word.

    "The distinguishing feature of Oriya letters is the curved headstroke instead of the straight horizontal headstroke of Devanagari, Bengali, and Gurmukhi."

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"The distinguishing feature of Oriya letters is the curved headstroke instead of the straight horizontal headstroke of Devanagari, Bengali, and Gurmukhi."

Etymology

From head + stroke.

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