torse

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s === Etymology 1 === From Middle French torse (“wreath”), from Latin torqueō (“to twist”). Doublet of trousse and truss. ==== Noun ==== torse (plural torses) (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. ===== Synonyms ===== orle wreath ===== Related terms ===== torsion ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== A complete guide to heraldry, A. C. Fox-Davis. === Etymology 2 === From French torse, from Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus. Doublet of thyrse, thyrsus, and torso. ==== Noun ==== torse (plural torses) (obsolete) The torso. ==== References ==== === Anagrams === store, resto, tores, toers, estro-, roset, Soter, Resto, sorte, rotes, estro, Oster == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔʁs/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus. Doublet of thyrse. ==== Noun ==== torse m (plural torses) torso ===== Derived terms ===== bomber le torse torse nu ===== Descendants ===== → English: torse === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== torse feminine singular of tors === Further reading === “torse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === resto, rotes, sorte, store, tores == Italian == === Verb === torse third-person singular past historic of torcere === Anagrams === estro, resto, restò, roste, serto, sorte, terso