torc
Britishnoun
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A section of a Bronze Age twisted gold torc has been found in a field by a metal detectorist.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
It was also the "first ever" torc "reported as treasure from Essex".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
The following year, the then Irish president Mary McAleese presented the playwright with a gold torc, in recognition of his election as a Saoi, a wise one, by the members of Aosdana.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2015
The famous statue of the Dying Gaul preserved in the Capitol at Rome shows a torc on the warrior’s neck.
From The Bronze Age in Ireland by George Coffey
Denoting the agent: thomhaiseadh le Diarmid an torc, the boar was measured by Diarmid.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
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