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
The 4th son a bordure purflewe, argent and azure.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
C gives the red and yellow chequers of his patron, adding, for distinction’s sake, a white bordure, while D surmounts the same device with a diagonal stripe of blue.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
Engrailed.—Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like.
From Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations by Zerbe, James Slough
Killegrew of Cornwall bore, Argent, an eagle displayed with two heads sable, within a bordure sable bezantee.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
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