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Orle vs Orl - What's the difference?

orle | orl |

As nouns the difference between orle and orl

is that orle is a bordure which runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge while orl is an alder tree.

As an adverb orl is

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orle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (heraldiccharge) A bordure which runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge.
  • * 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
  • (heraldry) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest.

    • Anagrams

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    orl

    English

    Etymology 1

    was a phonetic addition in (etyl)); compare the (etyl) oryelle, as well as the (etyl) erila, the (etyl) erle, and the Modern (etyl) Erle.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An (l) tree.
  • (obsolete, rare, elliptically) (l)
    • Derived terms
    * (l) (angling)

    References

    * “ Orl]” listed on page 205 of volume VII (O–P) of '' [1st ed., 1909]
    Orl,''' dial. form of ''olr'', ''alr'', Alder, the tree. [¶] [''c'' '''1440''', see Oryelle.] '''1747''' R. Bowlker ''Art of Angling'' 27 This Hedge ought to be made chiefly of Orls. '''1804''' Duncumb ''Hist. Hereford'' I. ''Gloss.'' (E. D. S.), ''Orl'', the wood alder. [¶] Hence '''Orl-fly''', ellipt. '''Orl''', the alder-fly, ''Sialis lutarius'', used by anglers. [¶     '''1747''' R. Bowlker ''Art of Angling'' 69 The Orle Fly..is the best Fly to Fish with after the May Flyes are gone. '''1787''' Best ''Angling'' (ed. 2) 115 The Orl fly comes on the latter end of May and continues on till the latter end of June. '''1875 W. Houghton ''Brit. Insects'' 64 The well-known orl or Alder-fly (''Sialis lutarius ). * “ orl” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989) * “ orl, n.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary (third edition, September 2004)

    Etymology 2

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    Adverb

    (-)
    • That’s orl right.