noun
- Heraldry.
- a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
- an arrangement in orle of small charges: azure, an orle of bezants.
- Armor. a thick roll of cloth or leather on a helmet forming a base for an ornamental crest.
- Also called or·let [awr-ley] /ɔrˈleɪ/, orlo. Architecture.
- a border, as one formed by a fillet.
- a fillet at the upper end of the shaft of a column.Compare cincture(def 3).
- a fillet between two flutes of a column.
noun
- heraldry a border around a shield