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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LUSTRING

n.A species of glossy silk cloth. [Corruptly written and pronounced lutestring. ]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LUSTRING

Lus "tring, n. Etym: [F. lustrine, It. lustrino, fr. lustrare to polish, L. lustrare. See 3d Luster, and cf. Lutestring. ]

Defn: A kind of glossy silk fabric. See Lutestring.

New American Oxford Dictionary

lustring

lust ring |ˈləstriNG | ▶noun variant spelling of lutestring.

Oxford Dictionary

lustring

lustring |ˈlʌstrɪŋ |(also lustrine |ˈlʌstriːn | or lutestring ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] historical a glossy silk fabric, or a satin-weave fabric resembling it. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from French lustrine or from Italian lustrino, from lustro ‘lustre ’.