roodgules
Roodgules is a rarely attested term in heraldry, used by a few authors to describe a red cross or cross-shaped charge associated with the rood, the crucifix central to Christian imagery. The word combines rood (a cross or crucifix) with gules, the standard heraldic tincture for red. In official heraldic blazon, however, roodgules is not recognized as a separate tincture; red charges are described with gules and the charge name, for example, a cross gules.
Historical context: Roods were common in ecclesiastical heraldry from the medieval period, and some sources may
Variant spellings and related terms: The construction mirrors other nonstandard compounds in heraldry that marry charge
See also: heraldry, tinctures, gules, crosses in heraldry, ecclesiastical heraldry.