torse

English
A torse.
Coat of arms showing the usual placement of a torse (here on top of the helmet).
The arms of Langenhagen, on which the torse appears as a charge. In other arms it can be found wrapped around a moor's forehead.

Etymology 1

Via obsolete French torse (a wreath) from Latin torquēre (to twist).

Noun

torse (plural torses)

  1. (heraldry) A twist of cloth or wreath, typically placed underneath and forming part of a crest (as an orle or wreath) and customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on; rarely, it occurs as a charge.
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References
  • A complete guide to heraldry, A. C. Fox-Davis.

Noun

torse (plural torses)

  1. Obsolete form of torso.

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɔʁs/
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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus. Doublet of thyrse.

Noun

torse m (plural torses)

  1. torso
    Son torse est très poilu.
    His torso is very hairy.
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

torse

  1. feminine singular of tors

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Italian

Verb

torse

  1. third-person singular past historic of torcere

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