GULES Definition & Meaning

gules

[ gyoolz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the tincture red.

adjective

of the tincture red:
a lion gules.

gules

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adjective

heraldry red

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of gules¹

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of gules¹

C14: from Old French gueules red fur worn around the neck, from gole throat, from Latin gula gullet

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Each, with Trump rampant on a field gules!

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

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“Aye, Galahad. It wasna the vergescu. He had laid hold upon a shield in some place, which was to have belonged to Joseph Arimathea, so he said. The cognizance was argent, a tau cross gules. The argent was to signify the white of virgins, we were let to know, and the red cross was for the Grail... I am from my tale.”

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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.

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The latest shield under it was Lionel’s—argent, a bend gules distinguished with some sort of label of cadency.

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