lutestring

lutestring
/looht"string'/, n.
1. a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.
2. a narrow ribbon finished with a high gloss.
[1655-65; by folk etymology < F lustrine < It lustrino. See LUSTER1, -INE1]

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