Category:Torso

Tor"so, n.; pl. E. Torsos, it. Torsi. Etym: [it. torso, probably fr. L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, thyrsus, gr. torso, turso, a stalk, stem, G. dorsche a cabbage stalk. Cf. Thyrsus, truss.]

Defn: 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.