Orle
Orle , noun
[French orle an orle, a fillet, from Late Latin orla border, dim. of Latin ora border, margin.]
1.
(Heraldry) A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border.
2.
(Heraldry) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest.
Collocations (1)
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.