torse

[ tawrs ]

/ tɔrs /

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noun Heraldry.

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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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

Words nearby torse

Torrid Zone, torrify, Torrijos Herrera, Torrington, torsade, torse, torsel, Tórshavn, torsi, torsibility, torsion

How to use torse in a sentence

The girl's brother peeped through the window, and saw Leo standing naked in front of Mary, as if he posait pour le torse.
The Sexual Life of the Child|Albert Moll
The peculiarity in this case consisted of a torse of three tinctures.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
Crest: a soldan's head sable, the brow encircled by a torse or.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
The crest, a sinister arm in armour, grasping a broken lance, on a torse of the colours.
Notes and Queries, Number 135, May 29, 1852|Various

An osculating plane of the curve (see 38 below) is a tangent plane of the torse all along a generating line.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6|Various