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Orle

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n.1.
1.(Her.) A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border.
2.(Her.) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest.
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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In his hand he bore that singular abacus, or staff of office, with which Templars are usually represented, having at the upper end a round plate, on which was engraved the cross of the Order, inscribed within a circle or orle, as heralds term it.
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