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  1. In heraldry: A bearing, usually considered as a subordinary, like a border but not reaching the edge of the escutcheon, so that the field is seen outside of it as well as within. It is usually half the width of the border. It may be considered as an inescutcheon voided of the field, and in some early treatises is called a false escutcheon.
  2. A band of small objects taking the form of an orle: as, an orle of mullets. It is more commonly blazoned in orle (which see, below).
  3. A circlet set upon a helmet, which supports the crest and is often used in modern heraldry without the helmet, furnishing the only support or base for the crest. It is supposed to be a bourrelet of silk, twisted of the two tinctures, the principal metal and the principal color of the escutcheon.
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  1. from Old French orle, ourle, French orle = Spanish Portuguese orla, a hem, = Italian orlo, a hem, border, from Middle Latin orlus, masculine, orla, feminine, for *orulus, masculine, *orula, feminine, diminutive of Latin ora, border, margin, coast.
 

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