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noun
- (heraldry) A bordure which runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge.
- 1819: 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 , as heralds term it. " Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
Etymology: From Old (and modern) French French, orle, from ourler "to hem", from a diminutive of Latin ora "edge", probably from osLatin, os, or- "mouth".
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