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
A torc of this type was also found by Schliemann in the royal treasury in the second city of Troy.
From The Bronze Age in Ireland by Coffey, George
Denoting the agent: thomhaiseadh le Diarmid an torc, the boar was measured by Diarmid.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander
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