1
: a label usually of leather adhered to the front cover or backbone of a book and impressed with the title
2
: a literary work (as a poem) having the same title as the collection of which it forms a part
a volume … with this poem as title piece—
H. S. Canby
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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