The stump or trunk of a figure without the limbs.

Also with capital initial. A statue or bust representing the upper part of the body (sometimes without the arms), and terminating below in a…

= bust, n.2 2a.

= torso, n.

A statue or bust of the god Terminus, originally as used as a boundary marker; (hence) any statue representing the upper part of the body and…

= bust, n.2 2a.

A piece of sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and some part of the torso. Cf. busto, n.

= bust, n.2 2a. Obsolete. rare.

Originally: a bust. Now: a representation of the foremost or upper part of an animal (or occasionally a human) used to decorate a piece of…

Sculpture. The trunk of a statue, without or considered independently of head and limbs; also, the trunk of the human body. Also attributive.

a bust giving a realistic likeness (as opposed to an idealized representation).

A terminal figure or statue, or the pedestal supporting this; = term, n. 15. See sense A. 5b.

a statue or bust ending in a square pillar from which it appears to emerge; = sense 15.