a. [ L. torquatus wearing a collar. ] (Zool.) Collared; having a torques, or distinct colored ring around the neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Torqyatus. ] Having or wearing a torque, or neck chain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. torques a twisted neck chain, fr. torquere to twist. ] 1. A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ L. torquere to twist. ] (Mech.) That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces. J. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Phys. Science) A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. torquere to twist, to turn, to wind. ] 1. Wreathed; twisted. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a necklace. See Torque, 1. ] (Zool.) A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar. [ 1913 Webster ]