parcel gilt
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
parcel gilt (not comparable)
Noun
- Merchandise that is partially gilded; a partly gilded object.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 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.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 190: