gilding metal

noun

A tough kind of brass from which artillery shells, as well as some jewellery, are made.

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Meanings

noungilding metal (usually uncountable, plural gilding metals)

plural gilding metals

  1. uncountableusuallyA tough kind of brass from which artillery shells, as well as some jewellery, are made.
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