gilts

Noun (1)

gilt (usually uncountable, plural gilts)

1. (usually) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
   1. (broadly, usually) Gold-colored paint or other coating.
2. (slang, usually) Money.
   • three corrupted men […]
     Have, for the gilt of France,—O guilt indeed!—
     Confirm'd conspiracy with fearful France1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
3. (UK, countable, usually) A security (usually a bond) issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged).
   • higher gilt yields
4. (obsolete, usually) A gilded object, an object covered with gold.
   • 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

Noun (2)

gilt (plural gilts)

1. (UK, regional) A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.

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