parcel gilt
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English[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
parcel gilt (not comparable)
Noun[edit]
- Merchandise that is partially gilded; a partly gilded object.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 190:
- Before him, the bishop of Chester bore a relic of considerable status: the leg of St George himself, encased in parcel gilt, a recent gift from the Emperor Maximilian.