orle
.
Searchable Lemmata: urle (AF), urla (L), wrlys (W), orle (MdE).
Alternate Forms: horles, hourles.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Decoration;
border or hem (of a garment); revers of a garment. Cf. the verb urle. In Middle English, a gerund from the verb was used to refer to this (see urling). Also in heraldic use for a set of charges forming a border, or the border part of a shield.(ante 1200 - post 1600)
2. [367] ... koker: coturnus ... aluta .i. pellis sutarii que tanata dicitur gallice corveis ... lacinia: gore ... [368] ... coturno: coker ... lacinias: goris, lé pauns ... fimbrias: horles
Gloss.
[AND TLL (i 367-368) ante 1300]
Sex: N/A Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, AF orle, ourle, ulre; Old French urle; Middle French orle and ourle, all normally taken as nominal forms from the verb orler 'to border' (see urle). Borrowed into medieval Latin as orla, urla, etc; probably directly into Welsh from Anglo-French. In Middle English, a nominal gerund from the verb was used ('orling', etc.; see urling).
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog: wrlys.
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