Definition of "gold-filled" [gold-filled]

• Made of a hard base metal with an outer layer of gold. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "This was Canada — and Martin — asserting itself as the class of the Olympic field with a convincing 6-3 victory, part of a gold-filled Saturday for the host country."
• "Gold-plated and gold-filled antique styled rings are also reasonably priced."
• "It was almost too painful to be outside, and even in the depths of the spice-smelling, gold-filled bazaars, where earmuffs were the big seller of the day, it was too cold to hang around."