Definition of "gilt"

three corrupted men […] Have, for the gilt of France,—O guilt indeed!—Confirm'd conspiracy with fearful France

1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, prologue]

However, as asset prices slumped over the week – including UK government bonds, or gilts – those banks required more collateral to offset the pension funds’ liabilities, forcing the funds to dump assets and raise cash at short notice.

2022 September 29, Kalyeena Makortoff, Sarah Butler, “‘I’d never seen anything like it’: how market turmoil sparked a pension fund selloff”, in The Guardian‎

The parysh of Seint Powle in Norwiche. Thomas Blocke, George Wylson, Churchwardens. Have sold in plate, gylte and parcell gylte, to the summe of iiij ownce, every ownce at the price of iiijs. viijd.

1864, “Returns of Church Goods in The Churches of the City of Norwich”, in Commission of 6 Edward VI‎, 1552, quoted in Norfolk Archaeology, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, page 371

The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.

1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 10, in Mr. Pratt's Patients

The sun was rising; it gilt the hill tops and gradually threw its lustre over the dark pine forests on the mountain slopes.

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 89