• (a.) Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S. • (a.) Wreathed; twisted.
Torqued adjective [ Latin torquere to twist, to turn, to wind.] 1. Wreathed; twisted. [ R.] 2. (Her.) Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S. 
In heraldry, the term torqued describes a dolphin haurient, which is twisted to form a figure like the letter S.