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▪ I. ‖ gul|gʊl| [Pers. gul.] The Persian word for ‘rose’; made familiar by Byron's use of the expression ‘gardens of gul’.
1813Byron Br. Abydos i. 8 Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppressed with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gúl in her bloom. a1845Hood Kilmansegg, Birth vi, While Margaret..In a garden of Gul reposes—Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street, Till..She hates the smell of roses! 1874Ruskin Fors Clav. xlvi. (1896) II. 459 Hear this you new-gilded Miss Kilmanseggs with your gardens of Gul.
Add:2. In the design of Turkoman rugs, a large, usu. eight-sided geometrical motif, orig. representing a stylized depiction of a rose but subsequently modified in ways characteristic of various tribes.
1922H. Clark Bokhara, Turkoman & Afghan Rugs 63 The principal element of the Salor design, i.e. their gul, is an octagonal form.., and it appears that it was..the prototype of the octagons of the Saryks and Tekkes. 1931A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets viii. 195 Comparison of octagons reveals approximately a dozen varieties, each an established tribal device. Diamond-forms and trees of life likewise assumed tribal shapes. These individual ‘brands’ the Turkoman calls ‘guls’, which means ‘flowers of ornament’. Guls and textures proclaim the source of the weaving. 1960G. & C. Wingfield Digby tr. Haack's Oriental Rugs vii. 54 The great regularity of the rows of guls, together with a strict limitation of colour, give to Turkoman rugs a certain monotony. 1985L. Hudson Night Life ix. 117 The medallions or guls that Afghan tribesmen still weave into their rugs. ▪ II. gul obs. form of gull. |