Lutestring

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  • n. A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A string such as was used on a lute.
  • n. One of certain noctuid moths: so called from the lines on the fore wings, likened to lutestrings: as, the poplar-lutestring, Cymatophora or; the lesser lutestring, C. diluta.
  • n. A plain glossy kind of silk formerly used for women's dresses.
  • n. A ribbon of such silk.
    • Word Usage
    "In the audience: the dashing Prince Rupert in a pink lutestring coat with silver lace, seen tête-à-tête avec clever Dickie Rider, the master builder of the theatre."
    Cross Reference
    to speak in lutestring   
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