1. (n.) A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons.

2. (n.) That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces.

3. (n.) A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.

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