goldbeating

goldbeating or gold beat·ing [gohld-bee-ting] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.

Origin of goldbeating First recorded in 1755–65; gold + beating Related formsgold·beat·er, noun Examples from the Web for gold-beating Historical Examples of gold-beating

The ancient Romans were not ignorant of the process of gold-beating, although they did not carry it so far as we do.

Popular Technology; Volume 2

Edward Hazen

The arts of wire-drawing and gold-beating shew its wonderful ductility.

Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.

Pierre Joseph Macquer

In the city are canneries of vegetables and fruit, glass-works and a gold-beating establishment.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3

Various

Even in the tombs at Beni-Hassan we find the process of gold-beating illustrated in full.

A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2)

Georges Perrot

British Dictionary definitions for gold-beating gold-beating noun

1. the act, process, or skill of hammering sheets of gold into gold leaf

Derived Formsgold-beater, noun