orle
Americannoun
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Heraldry.
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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.
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an arrangement in orle of small charges.
azure, an orle of bezants.
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Armor. a thick roll of cloth or leather on a helmet forming a base for an ornamental crest.
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Also called orlo. Also called orlet. Architecture.
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a border, as one formed by a fillet.
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a fillet at the upper end of the shaft of a column.
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a fillet between two flutes of a column.
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noun
Etymology
Origin of orle
1565–75; < Middle French: border, edge < Vulgar Latin *ōrulus, diminutive of Latin ōra border
Example Sentences
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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
The Tressure or flowered tressure is a figure which is correctly described by Woodward’s incorrect description of the orle as cited above, being a narrow inner border of the shield.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Animals or flowers disposed round the escocheon in the same form, are also termed an orle.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
The tressure is a border at some distance from the edge of the field, half the breadth of an orle: the tressure may be double or treble.
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
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
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