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gules

American  
[gyoolz] / gyulz /

noun

  1. the tincture red.


adjective

  1. of the tincture red.

    a lion gules.

gules British  
/ ɡjuːlz /

adjective

  1. heraldry red

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of gules

1300–50; Middle English goules < Old French gueules red fur neckpiece, derivative of gole throat < Latin gula

Example Sentences

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Employment Service Washington Parted Per Pale Sirs: Parted per pale; the first argent, a cross gules; second, azure, a swan proper, ducally gorged and chained or.

From Time Magazine Archive

Smashing heraldry: gules argent, lions rampant, bars sinister, all that drill.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was for a shield-cover for Arthur, and had the dragon rampant gules.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The big knight lifted the prisoner’s shield, which was hanging behind him, and showed or, a chevron gules, between three thistles vert.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The shield, whose cover the hone’s hoof had torn, bare, or, a dragon rampant gules.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White