Term	Description
Gamb	The whole foreleg of a lion or other beast. If couped or erased near the middle joint it is called a paw.
Garb	A sheaf of wheat. This was a popular bearing, especially in Cheshire. Sometimes it is banded of a different color. When the garb is used to designate any other grain this must be specified.
Gardant	Applied to a beast represented full-faced, or looking at the spectator, whether the animal be rampant, passant or otherwise. A beast of the chase - such as the hart, stag or hind - when depicted in this attitude is described as at gaze.
Garnished	Applied to any charge provided with an ornament
Gauntlet	Originally a glove of leather, covered with plate metal to correspond with the other parts of the armor. It was at first worn without separate fingers.
Gemel	Parallel bars
Gobonated	Applied to a bordure, bend, etc., divided into equal parts forming squares, gobbets. (Called also goboné or gobony.) [Essentially the same as COMPONY.]
Gonfalon	A banner fixed in a frame made to turn like a ship's vane; with streamers or tails, generally three
Gore	A charge consisting of two curved lines - one from sinister chief point, the other from base middle point, meeting in an acute angle at the fess point
Gorged	An animal or bird is said to be gorged when represented with a crown or something similar around its neck. It is then blazoned as "gorged with a crown," etc.
Goshawk	A bird often used in falconry, and sometimes seen as a charge
Gradient	Applied to a tortoise represented as walking
Griffon	A fabulous beast, generally drawn with the body, legs and tail of a lion, the head of a cock or an eagle, a pair of wings and long, sharp claws. When represented on his hind legs he is segreant. GRIFFON - MALE - A griffon without wings and having large ears.
Gules	To color red; to give the color of gules to
Gusset	An abatement; a mark of disgrace. It somewhat resembles a gusset, and is formed by a line drawn from either dexter or sinister chief point one-third across the shield, thence descending perpendicularly to the base. When on the dexter side of the escutcheon it is an abatement for adultry; when on the sinister, for drunkenness. In this connection it is scarcely necessary to say that the gusset has been rarely used. (Sometimes called a gore.)
Gutte	A drop. It is pear shaped, with a tail like a tear on funeral drapery, or like a Rupert's drop
Guttee	A shield sprinkled with guttes, or drops. Like the roundel, their name changes with the color, as follows: Or, guttée d'or; gules, guttée de sang; argent, guttée de l'eau; sable, guttée de poix; azure, guttée de larmes; vert, guttée d'huile
Guze	A roundel tinctured sanguine, representing an eyeball
Gyron	A subordinary, consisting of two straight lines, drawn from any given part of the field, meeting in an acute angle in the fess point. It is a Spanish ordinary, and is supposed to come from the word giron, a gusse. The gyron, which is an old bearing, is seldom used singly.
Gyronny	A field divided into gyrons, generally eight sections. When more than eight, the number must be specified.

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