golding

noun — 5 senses

golding

noun

UK /ˈɡəʊldɪŋ/ · US /ˈɡoʊldɪŋ/

Etymology First attested circa 1580; formed as gold + -ing.

1

Obsolete A gold coin.

2

Obsolete A kind of apple; a goldling.

3

Midlands, North, UK, Dialectal The corn marigold (Glebionis segetum).

4

In the Kent dialect The ladybird (family Coccinellidae).

Related terms: gilding, gilt, goldie

golding

noun

Etymology First attested in 1798; from the surname (Golding) of the man who developed the sub-variety (in 1790).

1

A kind of red hop, a sub-variety of the Canterbury hop.

Synonyms: golding hop, golding vine

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