different between bordure vs surplice

English

Etymology

Old French bordure. Doublet of border.

Noun

bordure (plural bordures)

1. (heraldry) A contrasting border around a shield.

Translations

Anagrams

• Brodeur, bourder

Dutch

Verb

bordure

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of borduren

French

Etymology

From Old French bordure, bordeure, from border (“to border”), from bort, bord (“a border”), of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.dy?/

Noun

bordure f (plural bordures)

1. border (the outer edge of something)
2. (heraldry) bordure
3. (nautical) The foot of a sail
4. kerb (the edge of a pavement or sidewalk)

Descendants

• ? Georgian: ???????? (bordiuri)
• ? Russian: ?????? (bordjur)

Further reading

• “bordure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• brodeur

Italian

Noun

bordure f

1. plural of bordura

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bordeure, bordoure, bourdour, bourdur

Etymology

From Old French bordure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?r?diu?r(?)/, /b??r?diu?r(?)/, /?bu?rd?r(?)/, /?b?rd?r(?)/

Noun

bordure (plural bordures)

1. An edge, boundary, demarcation
2. (heraldry) A heraldic border; a bordure
3. A decorative border or edge

Descendants

• English: border
• Scots: border, bordour

References

• “b??rd?re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

English

Etymology

From Old French surpeliz, from Medieval Latin superpelliceum, from Latin super (“over”) and pellis (“fur”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?pl?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??pl?s/
• Hyphenation: sur?plice

Noun

surplice (plural surplices)

1. A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures.
   • 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “The Blessing”,^[1]

     He was a wide man and looked wider in his surplice, especially from our pew, which was close up under the pulpit.

Derived terms

• surpliced

Translations

Further reading

• surplice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia