bordure

American  

[bawr-jer] / ˈbɔr dʒər /

noun

Heraldry.

1. the area adjacent to the outer edges of an escutcheon.

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bordure British  

/ ˈbɔːdjʊə /

noun

1. heraldry the outer edge of a shield, esp when decorated distinctively

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Etymology

Origin of bordure

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at border

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Example Sentences

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bordure

The silk bordure was furred with countervair, silver and blue.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

During the Crusades, the only difference consisted in the bordure or border, which, as the name implies, was a border or edging running round the edge of the shield.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

Killegrew of Cornwall bore, Argent, an eagle displayed with two heads sable, within a bordure sable bezantee.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

This Shield, represented in No. 328, has both the bordure on its dexter half, and the tressure on its sinister half, dimidiated by the impalement.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting

Encaustic tiles at Woodperry, Oxfordshire: A row of tiles with the lion rampant, apparently within a bordure, but without the bezants; followed by another row which has the eagle displayed, but not double-headed.

From Notes and Queries, Number 203, September 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

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