Lustring

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. ❋ John Mackenzie Bacon (1875)

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. ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

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. ❋ Pepys, Samuel (1661)

But here too she was not the innocent girl that 15 suggests: she was already engaged to debut as Cordelia at Drury Lane, and understood the codes of texture and color, lustring proving to be a favorite dress fabric. ❋ Unknown (2006)

This attention to dress — the fine glossy silk of lustring fabric creating a delicate verdure that, in combination with dainty lilacs and a petticoat of lustrous tiffany all creating a "natural" lady, herself a pink bloom heightened through coloring — is signal because the ability of women's costuming to similarly aid in projecting identity and manage their own social plots was one Robinson, like ❋ Unknown (2006)

Prevented by illness she married instead, and when Thomas insisted on a secretive wedding ceremony at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, she dressed as a Quaker (of dull brown, but of lustring nonetheless). ❋ Unknown (2006)

So spring-like at past fifty, with herpalepink lustring, and back head Yet so peevish at girls! ❋ Unknown (2006)

I got safe to my lodgings with this cargo, which was a piece of fine black lustring silk, and a piece of velvet; the latter was but part of a piece of about eleven yards; the former was a whole piece of near fifty yards. ❋ Unknown (2003)

But you must also get ready four sieves of fine lustring; ❋ Unknown (2003)

The willow, almond and the whole lot of trees, on the upper side, were, it is true, without blossom and leaves; but pongee and damask silks, paper and lustring had been employed, together with rice-paper, to make flowers of, which had been affixed on the branches. ❋ Unknown (2003)

In the upper story of the grand gallery at Versailles, hang several pictures representing these court ballets; Cupids in coatees of pink lustring, with silver lace and tinsel wings, wearing full-bottomed wigs and the riband of the St Esprit; or Venuses in hoops and powder, whose _minauderies_ might afford a lesson to the divinities of our own day for the benefit of the omnibus box. ❋ Various (N/A)

The glue and alum for sizing the lustring are not included, so don't bother yourselves about them, but just take the lustring and give it to them outside to size it with alum for you. ❋ Xueqin Cao (N/A)

You'd better therefore ask for it of your worthy mother, and apply as well to lady Feng for a piece of thick glazed lustring of the size of that paper, and hand them to the gentlemen outside, and request them to prepare a rough copy for you, with any alterations or additions as might be necessary to make so as to accord with the style of these grounds. ❋ Xueqin Cao (N/A)

* Lutestring or lustring was a kind of glossy silk, much worn in the West Indies and the continental colonies. ❋ Unknown (1920)

I remember that I wore a nightgown of pale blue lustring, with a chip hat trimmed with ribands of the same colour. ❋ Mary Elizabeth Robinson (1895)

I wore a gown of light brown lustring with close round cuffs (it was then the fashion to wear long ruffles); my hair was without powder, and my head adorned with a plain round cap and a white chip hat, without any ornaments whatever. ❋ Mary Elizabeth Robinson (1895)

A pale green lustring train and body, with a tiffany petticoat, festooned with bunches of the most delicate lilac, were chosen by Mrs. Robinson for her appearance, while a plume of white feathers adorned her head; the native roses of her cheeks, glowing with health and youth, were stained, in conformity to the fashion of the French Court, with the deepest rouge. ❋ Mary Elizabeth Robinson (1895)

[You heard] about [Nadine Lustre's] new [movie]? ❋ Aflim (2017)