torse

Noun

torse (plural torses)

1. (heraldry) A twist of cloth or wreath underneath and part of a crest; an orle, a wreath. It is customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on.

References

• A complete guide to heraldry, A C Fox-Davis.

Anagrams

• Resto, resto, roset, rotes, sorte, store, tores

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔʁs/

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Noun

torse m (plural torses)

1. torso

   Son torse est très poilu.

   His torso is very hairy.

Further reading

• “torse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• resto, rotes, sorte, store, tores

Verb

torse

1. third-person singular past historic of torcere

Anagrams

• estro, resto, restò, serto, sorte, terso