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

Barboux confined himself to swearing and jeering at le Chameau's naked back—diable de torse, as he proclaimed it.

From Fort Amity by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

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)

Les hommes en particulier devaient avoir une poitrine large et bomb�e, un torse puissant, des membres muscl�s.

From Six Centuries of Painting by Davies, Randall

"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.

Timber with spiral grain is also known as "torse wood."

From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.