lutestring

[ loot-string ]

/ ˈlutˌstrɪŋ /

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noun

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

a narrow ribbon finished with a high gloss.

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Origin of lutestring

1655–65; by folk etymology <French lustrine<Italian lustrino.See luster¹, -ine¹

Words nearby lutestring

luteolin, luteotrophin, luteotropic, luteous, lute stern, lutestring, Lutetia, lutetium, Luth., Luther, Lutheran

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How to use lutestring in a sentence

My new lace handkerchief was down upon the seat, lest Dolly soil her bright pink lutestring.
Richard Carvel, Complete|Winston Churchill
She had come down in the pink lutestring, smiling but pale; and traces of tears in her eyes, I thought.
Richard Carvel, Complete|Winston Churchill
There's the black lutestring petticoat Sylvy fetched me two years ago; but there ain't any gown to it.
The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories|Various
Look 'ee, now, at this lutestring piece I got to Penzance church-town.
Beggars on Horseback|F. Tennyson Jesse

Hannah was dressed in a lead-courlered habbit, open, with a lylack lutestring scirt.
Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia, 1782|Lucinda Lee Orr

British Dictionary definitions for lutestring

lutestring

/ (ˈluːtˌstrɪŋ) /

noun

textiles a variant of lustring

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