ORLE

Proper noun

Orle

A municipality of Croatia.

Anagrams

• Orel, Orël, eorl, lore, relo, role, rôle

Etymology

Noun

orle (plural orles)

(heraldiccharge) a bordure that runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge

Synonyms: torse, wreath

(architecture) a fillet under the ovolo of a capital

Anagrams

• Orel, Orël, eorl, lore, relo, role, rôle

Source: Wiktionary


Orle, n. Etym: [F. orle an orle, a fillet, fr. LL. orla border, dim. of L. ora border, margin.]

1. (Her.)

Definition: A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border.

2. (Her.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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