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torcia

torcia [? cf. AN torchis], earthwork for holding back water, embankment. s1169 fecerat ‥ super Ligerim ad aquam arcendam ‥ quedam retinacula que ‘torsias’ [Trevet Ann. 64: torcias] vocant ‥ faciens ibi edificare mansiones hominum qui torsias [Trevet Ann. 64: torcias] tenerent Torigni Chr. 242.

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