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torse
[ tawrs ]
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of torse1
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
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Example Sentences
The girl's brother peeped through the window, and saw Leo standing naked in front of Mary, as if he posait pour le torse.
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The peculiarity in this case consisted of a torse of three tinctures.
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Crest: a soldan's head sable, the brow encircled by a torse or.
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The crest, a sinister arm in armour, grasping a broken lance, on a torse of the colours.
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An osculating plane of the curve (see 38 below) is a tangent plane of the torse all along a generating line.
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