gules

Speech parts

1. gules - Noun

2. gules - Adjective

Meaning

The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures of escutcheons by parallel vertical lines. Hence, used poetically for a red color or that which is red.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cardinal ruby scarlet baton crimson rouge carmine burgundy rusty carnation maroon ruddy raspberry vermilion damask
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Antonyms

white black gray dark neutral obscure
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Phrases with the word

chapeau gules gules-red

Anagrams

gusle glues luges

Examples

Edition, Cambridge, 1771,pp.46–50 Also blazoned in Lambeth MS 555 "The Arms given him in Anglia Sacra, p. 673, are not sufficiently explicit; they should be thus blasoned: Quarterly gules and ermine on the 1st and 4th a goat's head erased argent. Source: Internet

For example, a shield divided azure and gules would be perfectly acceptable. Source: Internet

Pg. 45 In heraldry, the word gules is used for red. citation Shades and varieties main Red can vary in hue from orange-red to violet-red, and for each hue there is a wide variety of shades and tints, from very light pink to dark burgundy. Source: Internet

These were those of the king, differenced by a label gules, with one crescent argent on the central point. Source: Internet

Thomas (1966) The county council's coat of arms, granted in 1950, was: Or, three chevronels gules between as many Tudor roses barbed and seeded proper. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

guldgubber guldiner gule gules-red gulet Gulezian