gilding

Meanings

Plural: gildings

Noun

• a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
• The art of applying gold leaf to a surface.
• Gold leaf.
• A coating of gold or gold-colored paint, etc.

Verb

• decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
• present participle and gerund of gild

Synonyms

begild, engild, gild, gilt