The metal gold (or an imitation of this) used for the ornamentation of textiles and fabrics; gold thread (see gold thread, n. 1). Also: textiles…

Gold thread. Also attributive.

Without a, as name of the substance of which the above-mentioned things are composed, or of these things taken in the mass; woollen, silk, linen…

Thread or cord made of twisted loops, esp. of gold or silver wire, used for bordering and embroidering; edging made from this. Cf. pearl, n.3

The metal as used for the ornamentation of textile fabrics; silver thread. cloth of silver: see cloth of silver at cloth, n. 9c.

A length or end of gold or silver thread or lace. archaic.

(cf. gold, n.1 3a).

(cf. silver, n. 4).

That has undergone the process of spinning; formed, fabricated, or prepared by spinning. spun gold, spun silver, a silk thread wound with gold…

Embroidery. A type of thread made by winding a thin strip of gold or silver around a core of silk.

A kind of fine gold or silver thread.