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

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

I must console myself with private talk, and news of lace and lutestring.

From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew

My wedding gown was white lutestring, full trimmed with old lace.

From Spinning-Wheel Stories by Alcott, Louisa May

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

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

So that those two poor little bits of lutestring ribbon were the only outward signs of new bereavement.

From Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Banks, Nancy Huston