▁it ▁is ▁very ▁often ▁used ▁for ▁cad ency ▁rather ▁than ▁to ▁distinguish ▁between ▁original ▁co ats , ▁the ▁bord ure ▁is ▁not ▁strictly ▁held ▁to ▁the ▁rule ▁of ▁t inct ure ; ▁for ▁example , ▁many ▁cad ets ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁royal ▁house , ▁for ▁example , ▁bore ▁red ▁bord ures ▁on ▁a ▁blue ▁field . ▁ ▁R are ly ▁a ▁bord ure ▁is ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁t inct ure ▁as ▁the ▁field ▁on ▁which ▁it ▁lies ; ▁in ▁this ▁case ▁the ▁term ▁" emb ord ured " ▁is ▁employed . ▁ ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁very ▁unusual ▁practice ▁even ▁centuries ▁ago ▁and ▁is ▁all ▁but ▁un he ard - of ▁today . ▁ ▁A ▁bord ure ▁sem y ▁of ▁some ▁charge ▁is ▁shown ▁as ▁if ▁it ▁were ▁charged ▁with ▁a ▁great ▁number ▁of ▁those ▁charges , ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁practice ▁typical ▁with ▁a ▁field , ▁in ▁which ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁charges ▁are ▁shown ▁as ▁" cut ▁off " ▁by ▁the ▁edges ▁of ▁the ▁field . ▁ ▁This ▁large ▁number ▁is ▁to ▁be ▁taken ▁as ▁sem y , ▁and ▁not ▁as ▁the ▁precise ▁number ▁shown . ▁ ▁The ▁bord ure ▁has ▁no ▁dimin utive , ▁though ▁a ▁bord ure ▁dimin ished ▁is ▁occasionally ▁employed ▁– ▁as ▁in ▁' Or ; ▁a ▁dimin ished ▁bord ure ▁vert ; ▁on ▁a ▁chief ▁ind ented ▁azure , ▁two ▁fle urs ▁de ▁l ys ▁or ' ▁( 1 2 7 th ▁Field ▁Art illery , ▁US ). ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁an ▁example ▁in ▁bla zon ▁of ▁" a