Toret
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Toret
A ring for fastening a hawk's leash to the jesses; also, a ring affixed to the collar of a dog, etc. -
Toret
A Turret.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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(n)
toret
A ring, such as those by which a hawk's lune or leash was fastened to the jesses, or that on a dog's collar through which the leash passed. -
(n)
toret
The eye in which a ring turns.
Etymology
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Probably dim. fr. tore, torus,
Usage in literature
Many places in Greece had it in their composition; such as Torone, Torete, Toreate: also in Hetruria, Torchonium. "A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I." by