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A torse.Coat of arms showing the usual placement of a torse (here on top of the helmet).The arms of Langenhagen, on which the torse appears as a charge. In other arms it can be found wrapped around a moor's forehead.
Etymology 1
Via obsolete French torse (a wreath) from Latin torquēre (to twist).
(heraldry) A twist of cloth or wreath, typically placed underneath and forming part of a crest (as an orle or wreath) and customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on; rarely, it occurs as a charge.
