Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

torso
     n : the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved
         their arms and legs and bodies" [syn: {trunk}, {body}]
     [also: {torsi} (pl)]

torsi
     See {torso}