gules
See also: gulēs
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French geule (“animal’s mouth, throat”) via Middle French geules. Compare with French gueules and Spanish gules.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
gules (uncountable)
- (heraldry) Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.
TranslationsEdit
blazoning term for red
AdjectiveEdit
gules
- (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
TranslationsEdit
heraldry, of the colour red
See alsoEdit
- (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)