gilt

IPA: gˈɪɫt

(uncountable) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
(uncountable, by extension) Gold-colored paint or other coating.
(uncountable, slang) Money.
(countable, finance, UK) A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged).
(obsolete, uncountable) A gilded object, an object covered with gold.
(UK, regional) A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.

Examples of "gilt" in Sentences

If you're interested in gilt-edged accuracy, this is the one.
BELVOIR: Ah well-a-day for the poor gentlemen in gilt coaches.
It requires the income derived from £2,000 in gilt edged securities to maintain a family in idleness.
Queller had the first variety in gilt, meaning that it is gold-plated, and the second variety in copper.
The originals hung in gilt frames in the grandest museums in the world, and tourists made pilgrimages to see them.
Home-made chocolate truffles and amandines – an almond sweet – sit in gilt bowls, and slices of summer fruit glow gently in glass.
It was a heavy, leather-bound folio, the spine facing the audience, with the title The Rime of the Ancient Mariner etched in gilt onto it.
A Qing dynasty yellow-ground vase, decorated with flowers and edged in gilt, broke the world record for the most expensive single piece of Chinese art sold, at $32.5 million.