gilt
gilt
- n a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
- v decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
- s having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
- Above, near the summit, the sun glints on the gilt-wrapped domes and spires of a Buddhist temple.
- He takes our coats and bags and shimmers away, leading us down the corridor, past gilt mirrors, Monet prints and bursting bouquets, to our table in the Swallowtail's elegant .
- Instead, gilt letters spell it out on a dusky rose wall inside: Victoria's Secret.