gold leaf

gold leaf ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. gold in the form of very thin foil, as for gilding.

Origin of gold leaf First recorded in 1720–30 Related formsgold-leaf, adjective Examples from the Web for gold leaf Historical Examples of gold leaf

Laying-on of Gold-leaf and Blockers (piece work) yields 18s.

Women in the Printing Trades.

Various

It presses the gold-leaf into tiny pits, but does not pierce it.

Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering

Edward Johnston

So I got a wooden horse for him, and had it covered with gold-leaf.’

The Relentless City

Edward Frederic Benson

In gilding, any sticky matter by which gold-leaf is made to adhere.

Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II

Arnold Cooley

Yes, said a friend, it takes about fifty books (of gold-leaf) to gild that decently.

A Fleet in Being

Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for gold leaf gold leaf noun

1. very thin gold sheet with a thickness usually between 0.076 and 0.127 micrometre, produced by rolling or hammering gold and used for gilding woodwork, etc