gules (gulz)

[A later form, taking the place of ME. goules, gowles, goulys, gowlys, sanguine in blazon ( Gules. Bot syr Gawayne for grefe myghte noghte agayne-stande, Umbegrippys a spere, and to a go me rynnys, That bare of gowles fulle gaye, with gowces of sylvere. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3760. Her face he makes his shield, Where roses gules are borne in silver field. Sir P. Sidney (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 509). Follow thy drum; With man's blood paint the ground, gules , gules. Shak ., T. of A., iv. 3. Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Made line's fair breast. Keats , Eve of St. Agnes.