'Gilding' definitions:

Definition of 'gilding'

noun

A coating of gold or of something that looks like gold [syn: gilt, gilding]

From: GCIDE

Gild \Gild\ (g[i^]ld), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gilded or Gilt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gilding.] [AS. gyldan, from gold gold. [root]234. See Gold.]
1. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold. "Gilded chariots." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten. [1913 Webster]
Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm evening of your day. --Trumbull. [1913 Webster]
3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
This grand liquior that hath gilded them. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Gilding \Gild"ing\ (g[i^]ld"[i^]ng), n.
1. The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold. [1913 Webster]
2. Gold in leaf, powder, or liquid, for application to any surface. [1913 Webster]
3. Any superficial coating or appearance, as opposed to what is solid and genuine. [1913 Webster]
Gilding metal, a tough kind of sheet brass from which cartridge shells are made. [1913 Webster]