gilt
pronunciation
How to pronounce gilt in British English:
UK [gɪlt]
How to pronounce gilt in American English:
US [ɡɪlt]
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- Noun:
- a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
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- Adjective:
- having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
Word Origin
- gilt
- gilt: see gold
- gilt (adj.)
- "gilded," c. 1400, past participle of Middle English gilden "to gild," from Old English gyldan (see gild (v.)). Also used as a noun with a sense of "gilding" (early 15c.).
Example
- 1. Embossed gilt chains in diamond pattern and double-headed russian imperial eagles .
- 2. Critics of the ruling coalition 's policy say low gilt yields mean investors want the government to borrow more .
- 3. Gilt groupe is an online sample sale site .
- 4. He bought her a gilt brooch .
- 5. And she saw framed in the cracking gilt molding a stranger .