gules
Americannoun
adjective
adjective
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
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Smashing heraldry: gules argent, lions rampant, bars sinister, all that drill.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It was for a shield-cover for Arthur, and had the dragon rampant gules.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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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
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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
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