The process of applying gold leaf or gold-colored coating, or the gold coating itself applied to an object.
From gild + -ing (gerund/present participle). The -ing suffix turns verbs into nouns representing the action or its result, or into present participles.
Gold leaf gilding is absurdly thin—you can use an amount of gold so microscopic that a single gram can cover a thousand square feet! This ancient technique created some of history's most dazzling artwork while being remarkably economical.
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