running title

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   the title (or a shortened title) of a book used as a running head

   Broaderrunning head

Questions about running title

What does running title mean?

running title means "the title (or a shortened title) of a book used as a running head".

Is running title a common word?

running title is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.