rolled gold

noun

variants or rolled gold plate

1

: a base metal (as brass) with a thin plate of gold rolled over it

2

: a gold electroplate rolled or drawn out so that the gold becomes very thin

Word History

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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