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gewles

gewles is the obsolete spelling of gules.

Meaning of gules

Noun

gules (uncountable)

  1. Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.
    • The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […].1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 480

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Questions about gewles

What is gewles the obsolete spelling of?
Gewles is the obsolete spelling of gules.

Words near gewles in the dictionary

  1. gewgawy
  2. Gewirtz
  3. Gewirtzes
  4. Gewissae
  5. Gewisse
  6. gewles
  7. gewog
  8. gewogs
  9. Gewürztraminer
  10. Gewürztraminers
  11. gex

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