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

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)

Ed un di lor, non questi che parlava, Si torse sotto'l peso che lo 'mpaccia, E videmi e conobbemi, e chiamava Tenendo gli occhi con fatica fisi A me che tutto chin con loro andava.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 by Various

Quelle a �t� l'original du torse d'Hercule, ce chef-d'œuvre que palpait de ses mains intelligentes Michel-Ange aveugle et r�duit � ne plus voir que par elles?

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

On a helmet and torse, issuing out of a cloud argent, a sinister arm proper, holding a salt as the former.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

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.