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  1. lute-string
    A glossed silk fabric with a ribbed pattern, used from the 14th to 16th centuries. It applied specifically in the 17thC to a form of taffeta which was stretched and then coated with a glossy gum. Lutestring or lustring was used in the 17th and 18th centuries particularly as a dress fabric and for be...
    Found op http://www.antique-marks.com/antique-terms-l.html

  2. lutestring
    A glossed silk fabric with a ribbed pattern, used from the 14th to 16th centuries. It applied specifically in the 17thC to a form of taffeta which was stretched and then coated with a glossy gum. Lutestring or lustring was used in the 17th and 18th centuries particularly as a dress fabric and for be...
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  3. Lutestring
    Lute'string` noun [ Corrupted from lustring .] A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon. Goldsmith.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/71

  4. Lutestring
    • (n.) A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies` dresses and for ribbon.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/lutestring/

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