parcel gilding
noun
the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
Origin of parcel gilding
First recorded in 1865–70
OTHER WORDS FROM parcel gilding
par·cel-gild·er, noun par·cel-gilt, adjectiveWords nearby parcel gilding
parboil,
parbuckle,
parca,
parcae,
parcel,
parcel gilding,
parcel out,
parcel post,
parcel tanker,
parcel-gilt,
parceling
Example sentences from the Web for parcel-gilt
From Hyderabad in the Deccan is a parcel-gilt vase, an example of pierced-work, the opus interassile of the Romans.
British Dictionary definitions for parcel-gilt
parcel-gilt
adjective
partly gilded, esp (of an item of silverware) having the inner surface gilded
Word Origin for parcel-gilt
C15: from
parcel (in the obsolete adv sense: partly) +
gilt
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