The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gilding \Gild"ing\ (g[i^]ld"[i^]ng), n.
The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold.
Gold in leaf, powder, or liquid, for application to any surface.
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Any superficial coating or appearance, as opposed to what is solid and genuine.
Gilding metal, a tough kind of sheet brass from which cartridge shells are made.
Wiktionary
n. A tough kind of sheet brass from which cartridge shells are made.
WordNet
n. a brass that is rich in copper; used to make articles that were to be gilded
Wikipedia
Gilding metal is a copper alloy, a brass, comprising 95% copper and 5% zinc. British Army Dress Regulations define gilding metal as '8 parts copper to 1 of zinc'.
Gilding metal is used for various purposes, including the jackets of bullets, driving bands on some artillery shells, as well as enameled badges and other jewellery. The sheet is widely used for craft metalworking by hammer working. It is also used particularly as a lower-cost training material for silversmiths.
Gilding metal may be annealed by heating to between . It should be cooled slowly afterwards, to reduce risk of cracking.
Usage examples of "gilding metal".
As a hail of assault rifle fire from the two still living climbers impacted the rock face around him, his right first finger twitched against the trigger, the little stainless pistol rocking in his hand, the 185-grain jacketed hollow point whining as gilding metal coated lead impacted high tensile strength steel and the rock into which it was set, the crampon rocket.
The rifle's gilding metal-jacketed slug skated over the bridge of the woman's nose smashing a crimson red hole into her forehead.