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单词 parcel-gilt
释义

Definition of parcel-gilt in English:

parcel-gilt

adjective ˈpɑːs(ə)lɡɪlt
  • (of an item of furniture, silverware, or similar) partly gilded, especially on the inner surface only.

    (家具、银器之类)部分镀金的(尤指只在内表面镀金的)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The second dessert set consists of eighteen dessert knives with parcel-gilt blades and a frosted finish (Pl. II).
    • Lot five is described as a parcel-gilt silver Japanesque flatware service circa 1878.
    • Grand pyxides could be made in silver, such as the Swinburn Pyx, c. 1310 (London, V & A), a parcel-gilt cylindrical box originally decorated with basse-taille enamel.
    • His proposals, which were all executed by Holland and Sons, who were awarded the contract, employ Puginian motifs in a heavily ornamental way, designed to be executed in parcel-gilt walnut.
    • On the oak cabinet are two exquisite objects that represent the sort of small decorative arts that might have been in a collector's cabinet: a nautilus shell cup and a silver and parcel-gilt covered cup.
    • The busts, as well as the silver and parcel-gilt decorations, are by the Augsburg goldsmith Ludwig Schneider.

Origin

From parcel in the technical adjectival sense 'partial' + gilt1.

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