Definition of "gold-work" [gold-work]

• An article made of or decorated with gold; goldsmiths' work; also, the stopping or filling of teeth with gold. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "It was with a most awkward and unwonted feeling that after entering and closing the door of his room he sat down, opened the morocco case, and held up each of the fragile bits of gold-work before his eyes."
• "He stood only a little taller than average, a muscular, solid man in a coat of the high-collared Illianer style, so covered with gold-work it was hard to tell the cloth was green, but more than being one of the Chosen gave him stature."
• "Suffice it only to say that in the naked sunlight, the superabundant gold-work shone so brightly as to offend the eye almost as painfully as did the actual design."