"ORLE. A subordinate ordinary composed of double lines going round the shield at some distance from its edge; it is half the width of the bordure." -Hall, 1862

Orle

"ORLE. A subordinate ordinary composed of double lines going round the shield at some distance from…

"Azure, an orle, argent. An orle is a perforated inescutcheon, and usually takes the shape of the shield whereon it is placed." -Hall, 1862

Orle Ordinary

"Azure, an orle, argent. An orle is a perforated inescutcheon, and usually takes the shape of the shield…

"TRESSURE. An ordinary not so broad as an orle. It generally forms a border to the inescutcheon. Tressures are frequently borne double, and sometimes treble. They are generally ornamented flory and counter-flory. The example contains only a single tressure." -Hall, 1862

Tressure

"TRESSURE. An ordinary not so broad as an orle. It generally forms a border to the inescutcheon. Tressures…

"Or, a double tressure, gules. The tressure is a border at some distance from the edge of the field, half the breadth of an orle: the tressure may be double or treble." -Hall, 1862

Tressure Ordinary

"Or, a double tressure, gules. The tressure is a border at some distance from the edge of the field,…