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gules

/ˈɡjuːlz/US/ˈɡjulz/

gules noun: red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines. Also the plural of gule.

gules: red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines
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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

Adjective

gules

  1. In blazon, of the colour red.
    • The symbol of the Red Cross is a cross gules.
    • Now is he total gules, horridly tricked1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, ii 2

Also used as

gules is also the plural of gule.

gules meaning in Hindi

gules in Hindi

blazoning term for red
लाल lāl

Examples of gules in a sentence

  • The arms of England are: gules, three lions passant guardant or.
  • A lion rampant sable, langued and dented gules.
  • Or, three swords in fess palewise azure, guarded vert, hilted gules; unidentified.

All 38 example sentences with gules

Forms of gules

alternative formgu.
alternative formg.

Origin of gules

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

Words formed from gules

Words that rhyme with gules

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Questions about gules

What does gules mean?
Gules means red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.
What is gules in Hindi?
Gules in Hindi is लाल (lāl). See Gules meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is gules?
Gules can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce gules?
Gules is pronounced /ˈɡjuːlz/ (UK).

Words near gules in the dictionary

  1. guldgubber
  2. guldiner
  3. guldiners
  4. gule
  5. Gule of August
  6. gules
  7. gulet
  8. gulets
  9. Gulezian
  10. Gulezians
  11. gulf

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