Editing Gules (section)

==Etymology==
The term ''gules'' derives from the Middle English ''goules'', which itself is an [[Old French]] word meaning "neckpiece made of red fur". ''Goules'' is derived from the Old French ''gole'' or ''guele'', both of which mean "throat", which are ultimately derived from the Latin ''gula'', also meaning "throat". Gules is similar to the English word ''[[gullet]]''.<ref>{{OEtymD|gules}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gules | title=Definition of GULES }}</ref> [[Arthur Charles Fox-Davies|A. C. Fox-Davies]] states that the term originates from the [[Persian language|Persian]] word {{wikt-lang|fa|گل}} {{Transliteration|fa|gol}}, meaning "rose",<ref>''A Complete Guide to Heraldry'', by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, p. 29</ref> but according to Brault there is no evidence to support this derivation.<ref>Brault, Gerard J. (1997). ''Early Blazon: Heraldic Terminology in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries'', (2nd ed.). Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press. {{ISBN|0-85115-711-4}}.</ref>

The modern French spelling of the tincture is ''gueules''. Both ''gules'' and ''rojo'' are used for red in Spanish heraldry. In Portugal, red is known as ''vermelho'', and in Germany the colour is called ''rot''. In Dutch heraldry, the tincture is called ''keel''.