bordure
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bordure
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at border
Example Sentences
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The silk bordure was furred with countervair, silver and blue.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Saltire bears billets and a bordure, but not the ordinary so called.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
They are derived from the College Shield, which in heraldic language is sable a crescent ermines with a bordure ermines.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward
There are two other shields bearing, Two bars with a bordure.
From Notes and Queries, Number 238, May 20, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
He was the first of his line that bore for his arms, Or, a chevron gules within a bordure engrailed sable.
From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton
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