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Bordure

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bor⋅dure

  [bawr-jer]
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–noun Heraldry.
the area adjacent to the outer edges of an escutcheon.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; see border
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n.   Heraldry
A border around a shield.

[Middle English; see border.]
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