gules

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈɡjuːlz/
• (America) IPA: /ˈɡjulz/, /ˈɡulz/

Noun

gules (uncountable)

1. (tincture) Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.
2. plural form of gule

Translations

• French: gueules
• German: Rot
• Italian: rosso
• Portuguese: goles, vermelho
• Russian: че́рвлень
• Spanish: gules

Adjective

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

   The symbol of the Red Cross is a cross gules.

   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

     You know they still
     Call themselves Bulls, though thus degenerate,
     And everything relating to a Bull
     Is popular and respectable in Thebes.
     Their arms are seven Bulls in a field gules;
     They think their strength consists in eating beef,—

Translations

• French: gueules
• German: rot
• Italian: rosso
• Portuguese: goles
• Russian: кра́сный
• Spanish: gules

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