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Definition of Lutestring
1. n. A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon.
Definition of Lutestring
1. Noun. (archaic) A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lutestring
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lutestring
Literary usage of Lutestring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historic Note-book: With an Appendix of Battles by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1903)
"... is a mere lutestring administration.' (lutestring is a summer silk, unfit for
winter wear. ..."
2. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"choose that as most convenient to you; but if it was equally so, I had rather
the money was laid out in plain lutestring, if you could send me eight yards ..."
3. Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762 by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1906)
"Since you find it so difficult to send me the lutestring that I asked for, I beg
you would lay out my money in a nightgown ready made, there can be no ..."
4. Gleanings from an Old Portfolio: Containing Some Correspondence Between Lady by Louisa Stuart, Caroline Stuart Dawson Portarlington (1896)
"1 Probably Tessier, a French actor, 2 Or lutestring, a kind of taffetas who gave
entertainments something in then worn in summer—"a ..."
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