GULES

Gules

In heraldry, gules is the tincture with the colour red, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of vertical lines or else marked with gu. as an abbreviation.

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gules

Noun

  1. The blazoning term for red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.

Adjective

  1. In blazon, of the colour red.
    • The symbol of the Red Cross is a cross gules.


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