adj] covered with gold, or shiny like gold
Applies to both the edges and to the ornaments in finishing.
Made golden in color, particularly with regard to the edges of books or decorative binding.
adj] having a thin layer of gold or gold like material
Tooled in gold with hand binding tools. The first cloth binding were sometimes gilt, but the practice soon died out in favor of gold stamping, which was quicker and produced more consistent results.
a small amount of gold applied to the image surface to represent jewelry, buttons, etc. Look at this image as an example of gilting.
a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"
A Gilt-edged security. A bond which has payment guaranteed by the government of the United Kingdom. They derived their name from the gold edges of the original certificates. The Gilt market comprises of Conventional Gilts and Index-Linked Gilts.
The past tense of gilding.
A surface that is covered in a metal leaf (gold, silver, copper).
A coating of gold leaf (or of gold paint). Globe A map of the world drawn onto a sphere and turning on an axis.
A thin layer of gold or something simulating gold that is applied in gilding.
Covered with a gold or gold-colored coating.
Page edges cut smooth and covered with a thin layer of gold leaf.
Gold-leaf decoration applied with either a water or oil application.
A thin layer of gold or a gold-coloured substance which is applied over the surface of an object for the purpose of decoration.
Plated with a precious metal, usually gold, sometimes silver.
gold leaf or imitation thereof (as in "title lettering in green and gilt")
The application of gold color to lettering or decorations on bindings. The outer edges of book pages are also sometimes “gilded”.