Usually means: Secured at the front end.
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  1. headfast: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. headfast: Collins English Dictionary
  3. headfast: Vocabulary.com
  4. headfast: Wiktionary
  5. headfast: Dictionary.com
  6. headfast: Rhymezone
  7. headfast: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. headfast: FreeDictionary.org
  9. headfast: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. headfast: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (headfast)

▸ noun:  (nautical) A rope at the bows of a ship used to fasten it to a wharf, etc.

Similar:
breastfast, sternfast, headline, headrope, headgear, leefang, heading, forehook, earing, span, more...

Opposite:
tailfast, sternfast, aftfast

Types:
ponytail, bun, top knot, braids, cornrows, more...

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Similar:
breastfast, sternfast, headline, headrope, headgear, leefang, heading, forehook, earing, span, more...

Opposite:
tailfast, sternfast, aftfast

Types:
ponytail, bun, top knot, braids, cornrows, more...



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