orle
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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”).
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orle (plural orles)
- (heraldry) A bordure that 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 orle, as heralds term it. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
- (heraldry) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest; a torse.
- (architecture) A fillet under the ovolo of a capital.
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orle n
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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orle m
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- orle in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- orle in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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Inherited from Old French orle, from Vulgar Latin *ōrula, a diminutive of Latin ōra (“edge”), probably from ōs, ōris (“mouth”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish orla.
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orle m (plural orles)
- (heraldry) orle, bordure
- (architecture) orle
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- “orle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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From Vulgar Latin *ōrula, a diminutive of Latin ōra (“edge”).
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orle m or f
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- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (orle)
- urle on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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orle m
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orle
- inflection of orli:
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orle
- inflection of orlar:
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orle
- inflection of orlar: