In heraldry, a bordure is a band of contrasting tincture forming a border around the edge of a shield, traditionally one-sixth as wide as the shield itself. It is sometimes reckoned as an ordinary and sometimes as a subordinary. A bordure encloses the whole shield, with two exceptions: Like any ordinary or other charge, a bordure may be of a singl...
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border surrounding a heraldic shield
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• (n.) A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.
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Bor'dure noun [ French
bordure . See
Border ,
noun ]
(Her.) A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.
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In heraldry a bordure is a border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.
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the area adjacent to the outer edges of an escutcheon.
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