Definitions for "Gilt edges"
Keywords:  teg, aeg, gilded, gold, smooth
The edges of the pages have been cut smooth and covered in gold leaf.
or all edges gilt (a.e.g.) or colored edges-- the edges of a book's pages usually trimmed smooth and covered with gold leaf; gold or colored edges of a book's pages
Having gilded or smooth, gold edges and abbreviated as ‘ge'. Sometimes the top edge only is gilt ( teg); the abbreviation for all edges gilt is aeg.