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Webster 1913 Edition
Gules
Gules
(gūlz)
, Noun.
[OE.
goules
, F. gueules
, the same word as gueule
throat, OF. gole
, goule
, L. gula
. So named from the red color of the throat. See Gullet
, and cf. Gula
.] (Her.)
The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures of escutcheons by parallel vertical lines. Hence, used poetically for a red color or that which is red.
His sev’n-fold targe a field of
In which two swords he bore; his word,
“Divide and reign.”
gules
did stainIn which two swords he bore; his word,
“Divide and reign.”
P. Fletcher.
Follow thy drum;
With man's blood paint the ground;
With man's blood paint the ground;
gules
, gules
. Shakespeare
Let's march to rest and set in
gules
, like suns. Beau. & Fl.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gules
GULES
,Noun.
Definition 2024
gules
gules
See also: gulēs
English
Alternative forms
Noun
gules
- (heraldry) The blazoning term for red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.
Translations
blazoning term for red
Adjective
gules
- (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour red.
- The symbol of the Red Cross is a cross gules.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, ii 2:
- Now is he total gules, horridly tricked
Translations
heraldry, of the colour red
See also
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)