Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gilt

Gilt , noun

[See Geld, transitive verb]

(Zoology) A female pig, when young.

Gilt , imperfect and past participle

imp. & past participle of Gild.

Gilt , past participle and adjective

Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow.
Gilt hair — Chaucer

Gilt , noun

1.
Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding. — Shakespeare
2.
Money. [Obsolete]
The gilt of France. — Shakespeare