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Webster 1913 Edition
Orle
Orle
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Orle
ORLE
,Noun.