a. (quasi-sb. and quasi-adv.) Her. Obs. Also 6–8 entoyre. [perh. a misspelling of Fr. entouré pa. pple. of entourer to surround. See ENTOUR v.] (See quots.)
1562. Leigh, Armorie (1597), iij. The third [sort of bordure] is called Entoyre, the which is, when dead things do occupy the same bordure, as mollets, Roundels, and such like.
1661. Morgan, Sph. Gentry, II. vi. 61. Or, a Bordure Sable charged with Entoyre of 8 Besants.
1721–1800. Bailey, Entoyre … is when a Border is charged with any sort of Things which have not Life, except Leaves, Flowers, and Fruits. [And in mod. Dicts.]
