laurel vs orle

laurel

noun
  • A crown of laurel. 

  • An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel. 

  • Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils. 

  • Honor, distinction, fame. 

  • Any plant of the family Lauraceae. 

  • Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels. 

verb
  • To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath. 

  • To enwreathe. 

  • To award top honours to. 

orle

noun
  • The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest; a torse. 

  • A fillet under the ovolo of a capital. 

  • A bordure that runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge. 

How often have the words laurel and orle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )