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单词 orle
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orlen.

Brit. /ɔːl/, U.S. /ˈɔr(ə)l/
Forms: 1500s vrle, 1500s– orle.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French ourle, orle.
Etymology: < Middle French ourle narrow bordure following the outline of a shield (c1280 in Old French; compare Anglo-Norman orle , ourle , urle , Old French urle edge, hem of a garment (first half of the 12th cent.)), Middle French, French orle rim of a shield (c1160 in Old French), helmet rim (c1250), narrow bordure following the outline of a shield (1459), plinth at the base of a column (1647; after Italian orlo in this sense), fillet under the ovolo of a capital (1694) < orler , ourler urle v.1 Compare post-classical Latin orla (1244), urla edging, border (1157, 1200 in British sources), Italian orlo border, brim, hem (1300–13), plinth under the base of a column (1570 or earlier), Spanish orla border, hem (1490).In earlier heraldic use (c1300), the senses of Anglo-Norman orle and bordure (see bordure n.) seem not to have been sharply differentiated. With use in architecture compare later orlo n.
1. Heraldry.
a. A number of small charges (usually eight) arranged around the shield so as to form an orle (sense 1b). in orle: (of subordinate charges) arranged in this manner.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > minor charges
powdering1405
powder1448
semée1562
orle1572
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [phrase] > manner or type of charge
in point1562
in orle1572
in pale1572
in bend1598
in lozengea1695
in triangle1766
in pile1864
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 43 K. beareth Or, a Lyon Seiante, Sable, within an Orle d'Ogresses.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1370/1 He beareth azure, a crosse forme fiche or, within an vrle of stars or.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. ii. 88 These Stars are said to bee borne in Orle or Orle-waies.
1786 W. Boys Coll. Hist. Sandwich (1792) 797 The same legend of St. Martin within a quatrefoil, with four demi-ships conjoined with four demi-lions in orle.
1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry viii. 37 Sometimes a series of separate charges form an Orle.
1970 Armorial 6 47 The universal challenge shield..with the main device of the club in the centre and an ‘orle’ of little silver replicas of itself.
1988 T. Woodcock & J. M. Robinson Oxf. Guide Heraldry Gloss. 204 Charges placed in orle follow the line of the orle as on the illustrated seal of Aymer (de Valence), Earl of Pembroke.
b. A narrow bordure following the outline of a shield but not extending to its edge.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > less honourable charge > border near edge of shield
orle1610
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vii. 65 The Orle..is an Ordinarie composed of a threefold line duplicated, admitting a Transparencie of the field, thorowout the innermost Area or space therein enclosed.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Tressure, a term in Heraldry for an Orle when it is flowered.
1830 T. Robson Hist. Heraldry Gloss. Orle, an inner bordure of the same shape as the escutcheon itself... The field being seen within and round it, on both sides.
1872 J. Ruskin Eagle's Nest §235 The Orle, a narrow band following the outline of the shield midway between its edge and centre, is a more definite expression of enclosure or fortification by moat or rampart.
1950 C. W. Scott-Giles Boutell's Heraldry (rev. ed.) vii. 54 The Orle..blazoned by early heralds as a ‘false escutcheon’ or an ‘escutcheon voided’..is in form an escutcheon with the centre cut away leaving only a narrow border.
1988 T. Woodcock & J. M. Robinson Oxf. Guide Heraldry Gloss. 204 Orle, a voided escutcheon a bordure's width from the edge of the shield.
2. Architecture. = orlo n. Obsolete. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > base > parts of base
plinth1563
torus1563
sub-basec1619
list1663
tore1664
breast1669
supercilium1686
orle1706
orlo1715
ball of a pillar1736
baston1738
batoon1819
griffe1875
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > shaft of column > fluting > fillet
fillet1473
stria1563
orloa1652
swathe1673
orle1706
platband1728
striga1771
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) In Architecture, Orle is the same with Plinth.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Orle..in Architecture, a Fillet under the Ovolo, or Quarter-round of a Capital.
1852 E. Lomax & T. Gunyon Nicholson's Encycl. of Archit. II. 311/2 The plinth is also called the orle or orlo.
3. A chaplet or wreath round the helmet of a knight, bearing his crest. historical.
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society > society and the community > social class > symbol of rank > [noun] > specific insignia of knight
gilt (also gilded) spurs1377
false stirrupc1485
orle1834
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > extra-scutal devices > [noun] > figure or device over shield and helmet > crest-wreath
wreath1478
torse1572
orle1834
crest-wreath1864
1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 186 A bascinet..having..the lining or cap within, and the orle or chaplet without.
1885 H. A. Dillon Fairholt's Costume in Eng. (ed. 3) I. 208 Good examples of the jewelled orles will be found in the effigies of Sir Edward de Thorpe, 1418 [etc.].
2001 N. Saul Death, Art, & Memory vii. 172 The bascinet is encircled near the crown by a jewelled orle.
4. The rim of a shield. rare.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Orle, the rim of a shield.
1957 D. L. Sayers tr. Song of Roland 171 About his neck he hangs his scutcheon broad: The boss is golden and crystal is the orle.

Derivatives

orleways adv. Obsolete rare = orlewise adv.
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1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vii. 66 Borne Orlewaise, or in Orle.
ˈorlewise adv. rare in the form or manner of an orle.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [adverb] > manner or type of minor charges
gerately1486
orleways1610
orlewise1903
1903 N.E.D. at Orle A band of small charges arranged round the shield orlewise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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