Gilding covers something plain with a thin layer of gold, read as embellishment, flattery or appearances. It invites a look at what lies beneath the shine.
When this appeared in your dream, what were you feeling?
My Cosmic Code has a private dream journal. Write a dream down and the app picks out the symbols in it, shows what dream books say about them and, over time, which words recur across your entries. The journal is stored on your device only.