(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.
