torse
/tɔːs
/noun Heraldry
A wreath.In older illustrations of Penang's full coat of arms, the torse under the tree is of the 6 twist variety....
- The members of this guard shall wear on their helms torses of green, blue, red.
- These torses are seldom ‘classical’ ones, more often than not they could be described as ‘hidden torses’.
Origin
Late 16th century: from obsolete French, from Latin torta, feminine past participle of torquere 'twist'.
Rhymes
- boat neck
- boat neckline
- boat people
- boat plug
- boat pole
- boat race
- boat rocker
- boat rope
- boat-shaped
- boat shell
- boat shoe
- boat slide
- boatsman
- boat song
- boat sponge
- boat-steerer
- boat-stretcher
- boatswain
- boatswain bird
- boatswain's chair
- boatswain's locker
- boatswain's mate
- boat-tail
- boat-tailed grackle
- boat train