torc

/ tɔːk /

noun

Denoting the agent: thomhaiseadh le Diarmid an torc, the boar was measured by Diarmid.

Of all who went to Cattraeth, wearing the golden torc or wreath.

Another type, later in date than the torc, is the gold ring-shaped collar.

The annexed woodcut represents a remarkably fine example, greatly reduced, of what may be designated the knotted funicular torc.

Gale describes a torc found near Old Verulam in 1748, as "a wreathed or vermicular ornament, being a solid chain of gold."

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