- Look up
torse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In heraldry, a
torse or
wreath is a
twisted roll of
fabric laid
about the top of the
helmet and the base...
- base
encircled by a
circlet of
twisted cloth known as a
torse. The use of the
crest and
torse independently from the rest of the achievement, a practice...
- The
eagle represents strength,
while the
green and
white twists of the
torse on the top of the
shield represent the
colours of the
Nigerian Flag. The...
- The
Torse (in its
upper course also
Ruisseau du Prignon) is a
stream in the
southeast of France. It runs from Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde to the Arc in Aix-en-Provence...
- to bottom):
Slogan or war-cry
Mantle and
pavilion Crest placed atop a:
Torse (or cap of
maintenance as a
special honour)
Mantling Helm of appropriate...
-
thirteen stars breaking through a
glory and clouds, displa**** with no helm,
torse, or
mantling (unlike most
European precedents at the time). Many of the...
-
incorporating elements from the
shield of arms; as well as a
wreath or
torse, or
sometimes a coronet, from
which depended the
lambrequin or mantling...
- in purple. The fraternity's coat of arms
includes a shield, a charge, a
torse, the crest, and the motto. The
shield is
decorated with the
charge which...
-
Ireland exist,
including a
heraldic badge and an
infrequently used
crest and
torse. The
Lordship of Ireland, the
medieval realm of
Ireland that
existed between...
- sovereigns. In the
early days of the
development of the crest,
before the
torse (wreath),
crest coronets and
chapeaux were developed, the
crest often "continued...
