orle

American  

[awrl] / ɔrl /

noun

1. Heraldry.

   1. a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.

   2. an arrangement in orle of small charges.

      azure, an orle of bezants.

2. Armor. a thick roll of cloth or leather on a helmet forming a base for an ornamental crest.

3. Also called orlo, orlet. Architecture.

   1. a border, as one formed by a fillet.

   2. a fillet at the upper end of the shaft of a column.

   3. a fillet between two flutes of a column.

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orle British  

/ ɔːl /

noun

1. heraldry a border around a shield

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Etymology

Origin of orle

1565–75; < Middle French: border, edge < Vulgar Latin *ōrulus, diminutive of Latin ōra border

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Example Sentences

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orle

They chose a big orle, so big that the strongest field hands bent their backs under its weight.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

Sir R. de Royinge—Arg., three bars and an orle of martlets gu.

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

An orle is a perforated inescutcheon, and usually takes the shape of the shield whereon it is placed.

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

Paynel bore “Silver two bars sable with a border, or orle, of martlets gules.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

An ordinary not so broad as an orle.

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

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