lutestring

[ loot-string ]

/ ˈlutˌstrɪŋ /

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

a narrow ribbon finished with a high gloss.

Origin of lutestring

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

This was all of a piece with his rage at Lutestring the day before.

Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. |Samuel Warren
She sent me home a lutestring nightgown of the sweetest sea-green only yesterday.

Mohawks, Volume 2 of 3 |Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The sound of a horn blown faintly to test it within the gatehouse, the tinkle of a lutestring, brought to the King's lips: 'Aye.

The Fifth Queen |Ford Madox Ford
So that those two poor little bits of lutestring ribbon were the only outward signs of new bereavement.

Oldfield |Nancy Huston Banks

Charles Townshend calls the present a Lutestring Ministry; fit only for the summer.

The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son |The Earl of Chesterfield

lutestring

/ (ˈluːtˌstrɪŋ) /

textiles a variant of lustring