orle
/awrl/US // ɔrl //UK // (ɔːl) //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Heraldry. a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.an arrangement in orle of small charges: azure, an orle of bezants.
- : Armor. a thick roll of cloth or leather on a helmet forming a base for an ornamental crest.
- : Also called or·let [awr-ley], /ɔrˈleɪ/, orlo. Architecture. a border, as one formed by a fillet.a fillet at the upper end of the shaft of a column.Compare cincture. a fillet between two flutes of a column.
Examples
The same rule, by the way, applies to the tressure, but not to the orle.
The arms on the memorial to John Pierrepont are—A lion rampant within eight roses in orle.
The sinister half is occupied by a demi-virgin issuing out of an orle of clouds.
The disk cut out into a ring becomes a quoit, which is the simplest form of orle.
Animals or flowers disposed round the escocheon in the same form, are also termed an orle.
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