[f. FOIL v.4 + -ING1.] a. The action or process of backing (glass) with foil. b. Arch. Ornamentation by foils; a foil ornament. See FOIL sb.1 2 b.
a. 1583. W. Bourne, Prop. Glasses, in Rara Math. (1838), No. 1. 33–4. I have now written this simple, and breefe note, of the effects, and qualityes of glasses, according vnto the several formes, facyons, and makyngs of them, and allso the foylinges of them.
1703. T. N., City & C. Purchaser, 153. I could here have shew’d the Method of Grinding, Polishing, and Foiling of these Glasses: But I fear I shall offended the Stationer in making this first Impression too large.
1849. Ruskin, Sev. Lamps, iii. § 20. 86. Where the wall was thick and could not be cut through, and the foilings were large, those shadows did not fill the entire space.
