torse

[ tawrs ]

/ tɔrs /

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.

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

Words nearby torse

torrify, Torrijos Herrera, Torrington, torsade, torsade de pointes, torse, torsel, Tórshavn, torsi, torsibility, torsion

Example sentences from the Web for torse

The natural consequence would be in such a case that the torse, being in unison with the livery, was also in unison with the arms.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
The plain fillet still continued to be used long after the torse had come into recognised use.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
The torse is now supposed to be and represented as a skein of coloured silk intertwined with a gold or silver cord.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
This fillet is the commonest crest support, and the others, chapeau or coronet, are themselves sometimes set upon a torse.
English Heraldic Book-stamps|Cyril Davenport

An osculating plane of the curve (see 38 below) is a tangent plane of the torse all along a generating line.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6|Various

单词	torse
释义	torse [ tawrs ] / tɔrs / 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. 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 Words nearby torse torrify, Torrijos Herrera, Torrington, torsade, torsade de pointes, torse, torsel, Tórshavn, torsi, torsibility, torsion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for torse The natural consequence would be in such a case that the torse, being in unison with the livery, was also in unison with the arms. A Complete Guide to Heraldry\|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies The plain fillet still continued to be used long after the torse had come into recognised use. A Complete Guide to Heraldry\|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies The torse is now supposed to be and represented as a skein of coloured silk intertwined with a gold or silver cord. A Complete Guide to Heraldry\|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies This fillet is the commonest crest support, and the others, chapeau or coronet, are themselves sometimes set upon a torse. English Heraldic Book-stamps\|Cyril Davenport An osculating plane of the curve (see 38 below) is a tangent plane of the torse all along a generating line. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6\|Various
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