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

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

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.

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)

"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.

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