bordure

American  

[bawr-jer] / ˈbɔr dʒər /

noun

Heraldry.

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

---

bordure British  

/ ˈbɔːdjʊə /

noun

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

---

Etymology

Origin of bordure

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bordure

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

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

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

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

On the 15th of May 1389 the judgment of the Court assigned the arms—Azure, a bend or—to Sir Richard le Scrope; and to Sir Robert Grosvenor, these arms—Az., a bend or, within a plain bordure argent.

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

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 Utting, R. B.