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orle |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Orle \Orle\, n. [F. orle an orle, a fillet, fr LL orla border, dim. of L. ora border, margin.] 1. (Her.) A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from the border. 2. (Her.) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest. {In orle}, round the escutcheon, leaving the middle of the field vacant, or occupied by something else; -- said of bearings arranged on the shield in the form of an orle.
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