lutestring

American  

[loot-string] / ˈlutˌstrɪŋ /

noun

1. a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.

2. a narrow ribbon finished with a high gloss.

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lutestring British  

/ ˈluːtˌstrɪŋ /

noun

1. textiles a variant of lustring

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Etymology

Origin of lutestring

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

Example Sentences

All day long while the light lasted he sewed and snippetted, piecing out his satin, and pompadour, and lutestring; stuffs had strange names, and were very expensive in the days of the Tailor of Gloucester.

From The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Potter, Beatrix

It was a blue lutestring habit, taffety apron and handkerchief, with the most butiful little hat on the side of her head I ever saw.

From Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia, 1782 by Orr, Lucinda Lee

It is," said he, "mere lutestring; pretty summer wear.

From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Abovestairs all is confusion because Mrs. Courteen cannot make up her mind between yellow lutestring and orange silk.

From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton

Nutter had already put off his coat and waistcoat, and appeared in a neat little black lutestring vest, with sleeves to it, which the elder officers of the R.I.A. remembered well in by-gone fencing matches.

From The House by the Church-Yard by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan