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Heraldry wreath
Answer for the clue "Heraldry wreath ", 5 letters:
torse
Word definitions for torse in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context heraldry English) A twist of cloth or wreath underneath and part of a crest. Always shown as six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In heraldry , a torse or wreath is a twisted roll of fabric laid about the top of the helmet and the base of the crest . It has the dual purpose of masking the join between helm and crest, and holding the mantling in place. The torse is sometimes mistakenly ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Torse \Torse\, n. [OF., fr. OF. & F. tors, torse, twisted, wreathed, p. p. of tordre to twist, L. torquere. See Torture .] (Her.) A wreath. [F. tors, torse, twisted.] (Geom.) A developable surface. See under Developable .
Usage examples of torse.
Romulan with the golden padd, Torse presumably, obediently turn to a sensor station and make rapid adjustments to the controls.
This genre of portraiture of changes of mind in order to be truly torse should evoke the bush soul of females so I am leaving it to the experienced victim to complete the general suggestion by the mental addition of a wallopy bound or, should the zulugical zealot prefer it, a congorool teal.