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
The office had gilt all over it and marble pillars and a dome of blue and red glass.
From Mitch Miller by John Sloan
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
After the careful examination of its ruins Taylor came to the conclusion that the upper story of a staged tower at Abou-Sharein had gilt walls.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Sir Walter Armstrong
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
