See Also: gilding(dictionary)
electro-gilding(medicine)
Fire gilding(health)

gilding (iou)



gilding verbal noun. LME.
[from GILD verb1 + -ING1.]
The action or process of GILD verb1. LME.
The golden surface produced by gilding; a thin layer (of gold) with which something is gilded. M17.
Comb.: gilding metal a copper-rich alloy formerly used to make objects to be gilded; now esp. brass containing 95 per cent copper and 5 per cent zinc.