GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found one definition

  1.       
    
    Orle , n. [F. orle an orle, a fillet, fr. LL. orla border, dim. of L. ora border, margin.]
    1913 Webster
    1. (Her.) A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border.
      1913 Webster
    2. (Her.) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest.
      1913 Webster

      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.

      1913 Webster

Last match results