noun
1.
Heraldry.
a.
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.
b.
an arrangement in orle of small charges: azure, an orle of bezants.
2.
Armor. a thick roll of cloth or leather on a helmet forming a base for an ornamental crest.
Origin:
1565–75; < Middle French: border, edge < Vulgar Latin *ōrulus, diminutive of Latin ōra border
1565–75; < Middle French: border, edge < Vulgar Latin *ōrulus, diminutive of Latin ōra border
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| —n | |
| heraldry a border around a shield | |
| [C16: from French, from ourler to hem] | |
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Orle
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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