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A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border.

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  1. n. A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border.
  2. n. The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest.
  3. 1. (Her.) A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border. 2. (Her.) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest. In orle, round the escutcheon, leaving the middle of the field vacant, or occupied by something else; -- said of bearings arranged on the shield in the form of an orle.
  4. A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within,but at some distance from, the border.
  5. n. A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border. n. The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest.