gules

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  1. noun Heraldry The color red, indicated on a blazon by vertical lines.

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  1. Middle English goules, from Old French, red fur neckpiece, pl. of gole, throat, from Latin gula.

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  1. A later form, taking the place of Middle English goules, gowles, goulys, gowlys, from Old French gueules, French gueules, gules, red, or sanguine in blazon (from Middle Latin gula); plural of Old French gole, goule, later and modern F. gueule, the mouth, the jaws, properly the open jaws, the reference in gules being prob. to the color of the open mouth of the heraldic lion, from Latin gula, throat: see gule. The “derivation” from Persian gul, a rose, is a poetical fancy.
 

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