zule

plural zules

1. governmentOne of the three stylized pillars (often considered chess rooks) in the canting arms of Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein.

   Those of Zulestein, are Gules, three Zules, Or.

   1724, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry, page 117

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   ZULE : a chess rook : so called in the coat of ZULEISTEIN (gules, three zules argent, a label of three points of the last,) borne on an escutcheon surtout by the earls of Rochford.

   1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 330

   FREDERICK NASSAU DE ZUYLESTEIN, EARL OF ROCHFORD Quarterly, [...] over all, in an escutcheon Gules three zules Argent, two and one, for Zuylestein.

   1914, Joint Publishing Committee Representing the London County Council and the London Survey Committee, Survey of London