01 n. A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border.
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1.
A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border.(Her.)
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2.
The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest.(Her.)
Phrases & compounds
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.