Border

Border

Border, Bordure. A Subordinary which surrounds the field, is of equal breadth, and takes up one fifth part of it, and is generally assumed, or granted as a difference ; charged border's may allude to maternal descent, when borne Componee to illegitimacy.

If a coat containing a Border, is impaledwith another coat, it extends only to the line of imjDalement as P, 13, f. 43. If a Border is charged with bezants, plates, billets, or pellets, it is termed a bordure . bezantee, platee, billetee, and pellettee ; all other charges mnst be named with their tinctures. When a border is plain it is thus blazoned ; Sa. a bordure ar. P. 13, f. 1. The Border is subject to all the different forms of lines belonging to the Ordinaries, as the following examples.