GULES
Etymology
Noun
gules (uncountable)
(tincture) Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.
plural of gule
Adjective
gules
(tincture) In blazon, of the colour red.
Anagrams
• Guels, glues, gusle, luges
Source: Wiktionary
Gules, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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 gules did stain In which two swords he bore; his word, "Divide and reign." P. Fletcher. Follow thy drum; With man's blood paint the ground; gules, gules. Shak. Let's march to rest and set in gules, like suns. Beau. & Fl.
GULE
Gule, v. t.
Definition: To give the color of gules to.
Gule, n.
Definition: The throat; the gullet. [Obs.] Throats so wide and gules so gluttonous. Gauden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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