gild
verb (used with object)
to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
had gilt
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past perfectof gild.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had gilt spurs, and a gold-headed whip, and a fine pin in his handkerchief, and the neatest little kid gloves which Lamb's Conduit Street could furnish.
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Not so very long ago the workmen had gilt the final "y" in Lord Macaulay's name, and the names stretched in unbroken file round the dome of the British Museum.
From Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf
The latter was lined with mahogany, had gilt mouldings, and the sofas which surrounded it were covered with cool, clean, antibilious-looking chintz, while in the centre there was a sociable table, with a skylight overhead.
From Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar by R. T. Landells
May-poles also flourished in France, and had gilt pendants.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated by Mary Mapes Dodge
The red ground of the table had gilt carvings of flowers and insects, and the imperial dragons with the ball of flame between them.
From Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War by James Allan
