orlo

[ awr-loh ]

noun

, Architecture.

, plural or·los.

1. a plinth supporting the base of a column.
2. orle ( def 3 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of orlo¹

1605–15; < Italian: border, derivative of orlare to hem < Vulgar Latin; orle

Example Sentences

De acido e cibis orlo, et de magnesia, reprinted at Edinburgh, 1854.

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Then, Orlo, would you not wish to please so merciful and kind a Master, who has done so much for you?

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Orlo, from his quickness of vision, was now constantly employed as one of the look-outs.

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Bitter, too, was the anguish which poor Orlo suffered when he felt that he should for ever be separated from his beloved Era.

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Orlo begged that he and Era and their child might also be there set on shore.

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