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.