English Explanatory Dictionary

lutestring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon.
  2. A type of moth with a band-like marking across the forewing, of the former taxonomic family Thyatiridae, also, the band-like marking.
  3. The string of a lute.

Word forms

lutestring lutestrings

Etymology

Corrupted form of French lustring, probably influenced by lute.

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