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lustrine

lustrine is the alternative form of lustring.

Meaning of lustring

Noun

lustring (countable and uncountable, plural lustrings)

  1. A glossy silk fabric; lutestring.
    • [S]he would give her a brown lustring gown, which with some alterations to make it more suitable to her degree would a great while serve her for a Sunday wear […].1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCXCIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn...

Forms of lustrine

plurallustrines

Questions about lustrine

What is lustrine the alternative form of?
Lustrine is the alternative form of lustring.

Words near lustrine in the dictionary

  1. lustrewares
  2. lustrified
  3. lustrifies
  4. lustrify
  5. lustrifying
  6. lustrine
  7. lustrines
  8. lustring
  9. lustrings
  10. lustrious
  11. lustrous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lustrine (page history and authors); lustring (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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