torso

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
torso/ˈtɔːsəʊ/

▶noun (pl. torsos)

• 1 the trunk of the human body.

  ■ the trunk of a statue without, or considered independently of, the head and limbs.

• 2 an unfinished or mutilated thing, especially a work of art or literature.

– origin C18: from Ital., lit. ‘stalk, stump’.