Standard Lemma guide

orle

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ɔːl/
  • rhymes with -ɔːl

1

name

Meaning 1

A municipality of Croatia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A bordure that runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

Examples

  • 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

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest; a torse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

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Synonyms: torse, wreath

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A fillet under the ovolo of a capital.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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History

Etymology

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”).