orle

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Synoniemen

fringe

hem

weather strip

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɔːl/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Old French (also modern) orle, from orler (“to hem”), or from Vulgar Latin *orula, a diminutive of Latin ora (“edge”), probably from os, oris (“mouth”).