gild
verb (used with object)
to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
gildsman
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a word derived from
gild.
Example Sentences
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Similarly at Leicester, in 1260, it was ordained that no gildsman should form a partnership with a stranger, allowing him to join in the profits of the sale of wool or other merchandise.
From An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England by Edward Potts Cheyney
For instance, we find the provision that "any one who is of the gild merchant may share in all merchandise which another gildsman shall buy."
From An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England by Edward Potts Cheyney
