lustring

/ ˈlʌstrɪŋ; ˈluːtˌstrɪŋ /

noun

1. a glossy silk cloth, formerly used for clothing, upholstery, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of lustring¹

C17: from Italian lustrino, from lustro lustre

Example Sentences

The smothering, or reducing, as then practised, was similar to the lustring methods used in Italy in the sixteenth century, or in the manufacture of the blue bricks to-day.

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Once on a day let my beloved write my name, And pour the lustring water with his rosy hands!

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"The Major spoils my rose lustring and my orange sack makes the Justice look——" "Like suet," said Betty.

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You see that these Negroes have no more idea of the pernicious quality of the Sin of Lying, than has a white European shopkeeper deluding a Lady into buying of a lustring or a paduasoy; and see what similar vices there are engendered among savages and Christian folks by opposite causes.

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The material called lutestring was formerly lustring, Fr. lustrine, from its glossiness.

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