From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgiltgilt1 /ɡɪlt/ noun 1 [uncountable]AV a thin shiny material, such as gold or something similar, used to cover objects for decoration2 [countable]BFS a stock or share that is gilt-edged
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gilt• But pride of place goes to a display which won a silver gilt at last year's Chelsea Flower Show.• The bowl has a secret flaw: a crack somewhere in the gilt.• The horses wore golden plumes, tossing gilt.• The spread between the two-year and 10-year gilt was 133 basis points, unchanged from yesterday.giltgilt2 adjective [only before noun] AVcovered with gilt gilt letteringOrigin gilt2 (1400-1500) From the past participle of gild 