noun
- Brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture. .
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(n.) A
variety of brass made to resemble gold by the use of less zinc and more copper in its composition than ordinary brass contains. Its golden color is often heightened by
means of
lacquer of some sort or by use of
acids. Called also mosaic
gold.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary