torse

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Sinonieme

armory

blazon

blazonry

coat of arms

crest-wreath

developable

garland

surface

wreath

crest coronet

Vertalings

Wulst

cercine

armoria

Blasonierung

Wappen

Wappenzeichen

οικόσημο

escut d’armes

armes

armoiries

blason

blasonnement

bourrelet

torque

blasonament

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle French torse (“wreath”), from Latin torqueō (“to twist”). Doublet of trousse and truss.