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lustring

lustring noun: a glossy silk fabric; lutestring.

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...

lustring meaning in Tamil

lustring in Tamil

அழுத்தமிகு பட்டுப் புடைவை

Forms of lustring

plurallustrings

Origin of lustring

From French lustrine, Italian lustrino, from lustrare (“to polish”), Latin lustrare. See luster and compare lutestring.

Questions about lustring

What does lustring mean?
Lustring means a glossy silk fabric; lutestring.
What is lustring in Tamil?
Lustring in Tamil is அழுத்தமிகு பட்டுப் புடைவை. See Lustring meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lustring?
Lustring is a noun.
What is the plural of lustring?
The plural of lustring is lustrings.

Words near lustring in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lustring (page history and authors); lustring (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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