torse

American  

[tawrs] / tɔrs /

noun

Heraldry.

1. a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.

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Etymology

Origin of torse

1565–75; < Middle French: wreath, noun use of feminine of tors twisted < Late Latin torsus (past participle), for Latin tortus, past participle of torquēre to twist

Example Sentences

"L'attente de P�n�lope nous est pr�sente, et, pour ainsi dire, dure encore pour nous dans cette expressive P�n�lope, dont le torse nous a montr� un sp�cimen de l'art grec sous la forme la plus ancienne."

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

From the circle of your cropped hair there is light, and about your male torse and the foot-arch and the straight ankle.

From Sea Garden by H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)

Cependant on lit sur le torse le nom d'Apollonios d'Ath�nes, fils de Nestor, et la forme des lettres ne permet pas de placer cette inscription plus haut que le dernier si�cle de la R�publique.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

A regulus such that consecutive lines on it do not intersect, in this sense, is called a skew surface, or scroll; one on which they do is called a developable surface or torse.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

They are a lemon and white variety, with torse or bent legs.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert