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gulesnoun
The blazoning term for red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.
gulesadjective
In blazon, of the colour red.
Etymology: From Old French geule “animal’s mouth, throat” via Middle French geules. Compare with French gueules and Spanish gules.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Gulesadjective
Red: a barbarous term of heraldry.
Etymology: perhaps from geule, the throat.
Follow thy drum;
With man’s blood paint the ground: gules, gules;
Religious canons, civil laws are cruel;
Then what should war be? William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens.He whose sable arms,
Black as his purpose, did the knight resemble,
When he laid couched in the ominous horse,
Hath now his dread and black complexion smear’d
With heraldry more dismal; head to foot,
Now he is total gules. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
Wikipedia
Gules
In heraldry, gules () is the tincture with the colour red. It is one of the class of five dark tinctures called "colours", the others being azure (blue), sable (black), vert (green) and purpure (purple). In engraving, it is sometimes depicted by hatching of vertical lines. In tricking—abbreviations written in areas to indicate their tinctures—it is marked with gu..
Webster Dictionary
Gulesnoun
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
Etymology: [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.]
Wikidata
Gules
In heraldry, gules is the tincture with the colour red, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of vertical lines or else marked with gu. as an abbreviation. In Polish heraldry, gules is the most common tincture of the field. Through the sixteenth century, nearly half of all noble coats of arms in Poland had a field gules with one or more argent charges on them. The original coat of arms of the d'Albret family was plain gules. The gules tincture is said to represent the following: ⁕of jewels, the ruby; ⁕of heavenly bodies, Mars; the planet Mars is further associated with the metal iron in traditional alchemical occultistic lore.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Gules
gūlz, n. (her.) a red colour, marked in engraved figures by perpendicular lines.—adj. Gū′ly. [O. Fr. gueules; acc. to Brachet, from Pers. ghul, a rose; acc. to others, from L. gula, the throat.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
gules
The term by which the color red is known in heraldry. In engraving it is marked by perpendicular lines traced from the top of the shield to the bottom. It is supposed to indicate valor, magnanimity, and the like, and is regarded as the most honorable heraldic color.
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gusle
luges
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Gules in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Gules in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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