Tôr'so, n.

noun

n.; Eng. pl. TÔR'SŌS; It. pl. TÔR'SĪ. [It. torso, Sp. & Pg. trozo, Pr. & O. Fr. tros, from Lat. thyrsus, Gr. θύρσος, a light, straight staff, a stalk, stem, O. H. Ger. torso, turso, thyrsus, M. H. Ger. torse, turse, a stalk, stem, N. H. Ger. dorse, dorsche.] (Sculp.) The trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.