Gilt

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlt
• IPA: /ɡɪɫt/
• Homophones: guilt

Cf. gold and German Geld

Full definition of gilt

Noun

1. (uncountable) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
2. (uncountable, slang) Money.
3. (countable, finance) A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged)

Adjective

1. Golden coloured.
• 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, Mr. Pratt's Patients Chapter 10, The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.

See geld.

Noun

1. A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.

Verb

1. gilt

   (past of gild)