Definition of "lustring" [lus•tring]

• A glossy silk fabric; lutestring. (noun)

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• "A suitable material was found in "lustring," a glossy silk cloth varnished with a solution of caoutchouc, and this being formed into a balloon only thirteen feet in diameter and fitted without other aperture than a stopcock, was after several attempts filled with hydrogen gas prepared in the usual way by the action of dilute sulphuric acid on scrap iron."
• "Then we went to a mercer's at the end of Lombard Street, and there she bought a suit of Lutestring -- [More properly called "lustring"; a fine glossy silk.] -- for herself, and so home."
• "Then we went to a mercer's at the end of Lombard Street, and there she bought a suit of Lutestring ” [More properly called "lustring"; a fine glossy silk.] ” for herself, and so home."