Orle

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Orle \Orle\, n. [F. orle an orle, a fillet, fr. LL. orla border,
     dim. of L. ora border, margin.]
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     1. (Her.) A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the
        shield, within, but at some distance from, the border.
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     2. (Her.) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling
        the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest.
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     {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.
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