1. A coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
   "The ornate mirror frame was adorned with intricate gilding";
   - gilt

1. Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
   "They gilded the frame of the antique mirror";
   - begild [archaic], engild [literary]

Derived forms: gildings

Type of: adorn, beautify, coat, coating, decorate, embellish, fancify, grace, ornament

Encyclopedia: Gilding, John