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Definition of Gilding
1. Noun. A coating of gold or of something that looks like gold.
Definition of Gilding
1. n. The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold.
Definition of Gilding
1. Verb. (present participle of gild) ¹
2. Noun. The art of applying gold leaf to a surface ¹
3. Noun. Gold leaf ¹
4. Noun. A coating of gold, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gilding
1. the application of gilt [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gilding
Literary usage of Gilding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins by Johann Beckmann (1846)
"gilding. THE astonishing extensibility of gold, a property in which it far
surpasses all other metals, induced mankind, at an early period, ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"gilding* the art of spreading gold, either by mechanical or by chemical means,
over the surface of a body for the purpose of ornament. The art of gilding ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"gilding, the art of spreading or covering gold, either by mechanical or by chemical
means, ... The art of gilding was not unknown among the ancients. ..."
4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1848)
"gilding. This process may be performed upon silver, brass, or copper, but not
upon iron. The apparatus consists of a bladder containing dilute acid, ..."
5. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"gilding is performed either with or without heat. By the first of these methods
those substances are gilt, which are not liable to alteration by exposure to ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"For the gilding of copper, employed in the decoration of temple domes and other
large works, the following 1. an outline of the processes' employed. ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"gilding, the art of applying and permanently attaching gold leaf or gold dust to
surfaces of ... The Greeks and Romans employed gilding for many purposes. ..."
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