parcel-gilt
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of parcel-gilt
C15: from parcel (in the obsolete adv sense: partly) + gilt 1
Example Sentences
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Seven pieces of good Gascon wine, a ship that was mine own, and was my father’s before me, a Blessed Mary of plane-tree wood and parcel-gilt, and thirteen pounds in gold and silver.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
A betel-leaf and perfume-service in the silver-gilt of Mysore is accompanied by elaborately-chased goblets and rose-water sprinklers in ruddy gold and parcel-gilt, the work of Kashmir and Lucknow.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various
Seven pieces of good Gascon wine, a ship that was mine own, and was my father’s before me, a Blessed Mary of plane-tree wood and parcel-gilt, and thirteen pounds in gold and silver.
From The Black Arrow by Stevenson, Robert Louis
It shows, besides, some of the gemmed and enamelled work and parcel-gilt ware for which that territory, hidden away among the Himalayas, is so celebrated.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various
A table in the stern was spread with a light collation, which gave an excuse for the display of parcel-gilt cups, silver tankards, and Venetian wine-flasks.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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