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orle

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.