Gules
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Etymology
From Old French geule “animal’s mouth, throat” via Middle French geules. Compare with French gueules and Spanish gules.
Noun
gules
- The blazoning term for red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.
Adjective
gules
- In blazon, of the colour red.
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- The symbol of the Red Cross is a cross gules.
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Quotations
- 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, ii 2
- Now is he total gules, horridly tricked