Orle

n. [See infra.] 1. (Her.) An ordinary, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border.

2Sense 2. The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight.

In orle, placed round the escutcheon, leaving the middle of the field vacant, or occupied by something else;— said of figures or charges when arranged upon the shield in the form of an orle.