orle

Meaning

Noun

• a bordure that runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge
• the wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest; a torse
• a fillet under the ovolo of a capital

Origin

• From Old French (also modern) orle, from orler, or from Vulgar Latin *orula, a diminutive of Latin ora, probably from os, oris.