Hypertext Webster Gateway: "torso"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Torso \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
torso
n : the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved
their arms and legs and bodies" [syn: {trunk}, {body}]
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