Definition of Bordure. Meaning of Bordure. Synonyms of Bordure

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Definition of Bordure

Bordure
Bordure Bor"dure, n. [F. bordure. See Border, n.] (Her.) A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.

Meaning of Bordure from wikipedia

- 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...
- five white bezants displa**** in the form of a saltire (2+1+2). The red bordure is charged with seven yellow castles: three on the chief portion (one in...
- tinctures, often found as a bordure, most notably in the arms of the English House of Beaufort. Like a baton sinister, a bordure compony can be used as a...
- Flag of Portugal often referred as the "Flag of the Quinas"). The red bordure featuring golden castles (not towers, as some sources state) was added...
- King Edward III, Beaufort bore that king's royal arms, differenced by a bordure gobony argent and azure. Early arms of John Beaufort with a bend dexter...
- subordinary consisting of a narrow band occupying the inward half of where a bordure would be, following the exact outline of the shield but within it, showing...
- lilies of France with the three lions of England, with the addition of a bordure azure with martlets or (that is, a blue border featuring golden martlets)...
- a wide variety of ways, including: changing tincture adding a label or bordure adding, removing, or replacing an ordinary. varying the lines of partition...
- and leafed in two leaves Vert (for Granada); overall an escutcheon Azure bordure Gules, three fleurs-de-lys Or (for the regnant House of Bourbon-Anjou);...
- walls. In Scotland, varied lines of partition are often used to modify a bordure (or sometimes another ordinary) to difference the arms of a cadet from...