gules

• gu. or g. (in heraldic contexts)

From Old French geule (“animal’s mouth, throat”) via Middle French geules. Compare with French gueules and Spanish gules.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡjuːlz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡjulz/, /ˈɡulz/

• Rhymes: -juːlz

gules (uncountable)

1. (heraldry) Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.

gules

1. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour red.

   The symbol of the Red Cross is a cross gules.

   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, ii 2:

     Now is he total gules, horridly tricked

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

• Guels, glues, gusle, luges

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.ləs/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.les/

gules m (uncountable)

1. (heraldry) gules (colour)

gules (plural gules)

1. (heraldry) gules