gilding metal

English

Raised jug, in gilding metal. Made in an English school metalwork class, 1970s–1980s.

Noun

gilding metal (usually uncountable, plural gilding metals)

1. A tough kind of brass from which artillery shells, as well as some jewellery, are made.

References

• “gilding”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.