Orle

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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

2. 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.