parcel gilt

adj, noun — 2 senses

parcel gilt

adj

1

Partially gilded, especially on the inner side only.

parcel gilt

noun

1

Merchandise that is partially gilded; a partly gilded object.

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, published 2012, page 190:

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