Definition of Toso
Tor"so (?), n.; pl. E.
Torsos (#), It. Torsi (#). [It.
torso, probably fr. L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, thyrsus, Gr.
&?;; cf. OHG. torso, turso, a stalk, stem, G. dorsche
a cabbage stalk. Cf. Thyrsus, Truss.] The human body,
as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a
statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of
Hercules.
Tor"so (?), n.; pl. E.
Torsos (#), It. Torsi (#). [It.
torso, probably fr. L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, thyrsus, Gr.
&?;; cf. OHG. torso, turso, a stalk, stem, G. dorsche
a cabbage stalk. Cf. Thyrsus, Truss.] The human body,
as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a
statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of
Hercules.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The part of the (human) body from the neck to the groin, that is, the body excluding the head and limbs.
German
- torso
Italian
- torso
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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