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 arms borne in the usual manner were often surrounded with a bordure to indicate bastardy; of this mode of differencing several examples are furnished in the arms of existing peers descended from royalty.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
Saltire bears billets and a bordure, but not the ordinary so called.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
Sa. a lion ramp., ar. within a bordure engr. or.
From Notes and Queries, 1850.12.21 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by George Bell
A bordure charged with a series of inanimate figures or devices, as crosslets, roundles, &c.; to a similar bordure of living figures the term Enaluron is applied.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
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