lutestring

[ loot-string ]

noun

1. a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.
2. a narrow ribbon finished with a high gloss.

lutestring

/ ˈluːtˌstrɪŋ /

noun

1. textiles a variant of lustring

Word History and Origins

Origin of lutestring¹

1655–65; by folk etymology < French lustrine < Italian lustrino. See luster ¹, -ine ¹

Example Sentences

My new lace handkerchief was down upon the seat, lest Dolly soil her bright pink lutestring.

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She had come down in the pink lutestring, smiling but pale; and traces of tears in her eyes, I thought.

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There's the black lutestring petticoat Sylvy fetched me two years ago; but there ain't any gown to it.

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Look 'ee, now, at this lutestring piece I got to Penzance church-town.

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Hannah was dressed in a lead-courlered habbit, open, with a lylack lutestring scirt.

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