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gules

gules

9.9
The red color used on a coat of arms or shield
  • noun
  • /ɡjuːlz/
  • Specialized
: gules
  • The coat of arms displayed three golden stars on gules as a mark of honor.

Examples

  • The gules color was vibrant.

  • In medieval times, knights often chose gules for their shields to represent courage.

  • The family crest featured a lion on a field of gules to signify bravery.

  • The knight's coat of arms featured a lion in gules.

  • The coat of arms displayed a bold cross in gules that represented the family's bravery.

  • In heraldry, a shield with a background of gules signifies courage and valor.

  • The knight's banner was emblazoned with a lion rampant on a field of gules, a symbol of his strength.

Surface Forms

gules singular
gules plural

Etymology

Gules (as a noun) means the color red used on a coat of arms. It comes from an old French word meaning 'throats', from Latin gula 'throat', like the English gullet, so imagine the red inside a throat and you can see why gules names that heraldic red.