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Definition of Gilt-edged
1. Adjective. Of the highest quality or value. "Gilt-edged credentials"
2. Adjective. Having gilded edges as the pages of a book.
Definition of Gilt-edged
1. Adjective. (context: of pages of a book etc) Having gilded edges. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of securities) Issued by the Bank of England. ¹
3. Adjective. Of the highest quality. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gilt-edged
Literary usage of Gilt-edged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal [Aug. 1, 1832 to July 17, 1833] by Fanny Kemble (1835)
"... with one's money; the one in all cases, the other where one's inquiries were
satisfactorily answered. Received a purple bound, gilt-edged periodical ..."
2. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1869)
"I would like to know bow the "gilt-edged Butter" is made that is spoken of in the
... We submit these inquiries to those who know how to make "gilt-edged" ..."
3. Law and the Family by Robert Grant (1919)
"Taking Mr. Waters's figures first, the gilt-edged securities that he had received
from his testator appear with their inventoried, then with their present ..."
4. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1906)
"What the secretary of the treasury holds to be gilt-edged securities may be of
... That, we presume, calls for gilt-edged security, and the secretary of the ..."
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