goldbeater
goldbeater noun: a craftsman who creates gold leaf by hammering gold bars.
Noun
goldbeater (plural goldbeaters)
- A craftsman who creates gold leaf by hammering gold bars.
- Zebedee went to the goldbeaters shop, which smelled like lamb because the goldbeater ate a sandwich of lamb every day for lunch.2004, Paul Fattaruso, Travel in the Mouth of the Wolf, →ISBN, page 26
- The membrane had been used, perhaps since antiquity, to make gold leaf, which goldbeaters produced by starting out with a small ingot of gold and beating it thinner, then sandwiching the leaves between sheets of cow intestines, ultimately creating a stack of alternating goldbeater's skins and gold...2015, Ed Regis, Monsters: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Birth of Pathological Technology, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- gold-driver
Synonyms of goldbeater
Forms of goldbeater
| plural | goldbeaters |
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Origin of goldbeater
From Middle English goldbeter, equivalent to gold + beater.
Words formed from goldbeater
Words that rhyme with goldbeater
Questions about goldbeater
- What does goldbeater mean?
- Goldbeater means a craftsman who creates gold leaf by hammering gold bars.
- What part of speech is goldbeater?
- Goldbeater is a noun.
- What is the plural of goldbeater?
- The plural of goldbeater is goldbeaters.
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