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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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The torso.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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From Middle French torse (“wreath”), from Latin torqueō (“to twist”). Doublet of trousse and truss.
From French torse, from Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus. Doublet of thyrse, thyrsus, and torso.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
гирлянда
(girljanda)
— heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest
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Danish:
vulst
— heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest
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Danish:
hjelmvulst
— heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest
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Finnish:
lakipunos
— heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest
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Galician:
burela
— heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest
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Portuguese:
virol
— heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest
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Swedish:
hjälmbindel
— heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest
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Swedish:
bindel
— heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest
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Swedish:
hjälmkrans
— heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest
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Swedish:
vulst
— heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest
