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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GULES,n. In heraldry, a term denoting red, intended perhaps to represent courage, animation or hardihood.

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural gules) Etymology: Middle English goules, from Anglo-French Date: 14th century the heraldic color red

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. (usu. placed after noun) Heraldry red. Etymology: ME f. OF goules red-dyed fur neck ornaments f. gole throat

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gules Gules, n. [OE. goules, F. gueules, the same word as gueule throat, OF. gole, goule, L. gula. So named from the red color of the throat. See Gullet, and cf. Gula.] (Her.) 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. His sev'n-fold targe a field of gules did stain In which two swords he bore; his word, ``Divide and reign.'' --P. Fletcher. Follow thy drum; With man's blood paint the ground; gules, gules. --Shak. Let's march to rest and set in gules, like suns. --Beau. & Fl.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Her.) Red.