toret

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Donnanz (talk | contribs) as of 12:56, 10 October 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Noun

toret (plural torets)

  1. (obsolete) A ring for fastening a hawk's leash to the jesses.
  2. (obsolete) A ring affixed to the collar of a dog, etc.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for toret”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams


Gallo

Etymology

From a diminutive of Old French tor, taur, from Latin taurus, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.

Noun

toret m (plural torets)

  1. bull