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

Example Sentences

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

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

I fancy in ancient heraldry; but there the word is "purflew" a "bordure of ermines, peans, or furs," whilst the ancients spell it "purfile," a "trimming for women's gowns."

From Violin Making 'The Strad' Library, No. IX. by Mayson, Walter H. (Walter Henry)

Cole of Cornwall bears, inter alia, a bordure sable, charged alternately with bezants and annulets.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

On an encaustic tile in the old Singing-school at Worcester: A lion rampant not crowned, with a bordure bezant�e.

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

But the stereotyped use of the bordure wavy in England with a set meaning, gives to the wavy variety a lack of desirability.

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