parcel-gilt

adjective

1. partly gilded, esp (of an item of silverware) having the inner surface gilded

Word History and Origins

Origin of parcel-gilt¹

C15: from parcel (in the obsolete adv sense: partly) + gilt ¹

Example Sentences

The third suit is enriched with engraving, and was formerly parcel gilt, but the helmet does not belong to the suit.

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The parcel gilt Chalice still in use at Pickering Church belongs to this period.

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A standing cup parcel-gilt of thirty-two ounces, eleven pounds seven shillings, the first of July.

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An example occurs in the India Museum, the hair dyed red and yellow, the handle of silver parcel-gilt.

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From Hyderabad in the Deccan is a parcel-gilt vase, an example of pierced-work, the opus interassile of the Romans.

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