[Elliptical use of LASTING ppl. a.] A durable kind of cloth; = EVERLASTING B. 3.
1782. Pennant, Journ. Chester to Lond., 141. The making and sale of shags, camblets, lastings, tammies, &c.
1844. G. Dodd, Textile Manuf., iv. 113. 34 Lastings, 34 Fancy Lastings.
1857. J. James, Hist. Worsted Manuf., x. 363. There were different sorts of lastings as prunelles wrought with three healds. Also serge de Berry.
1871. Echo, 14 Jan. Other branches of trade, such as damask and lastings, have much benefitted by the war.
1878. A. Barlow, Weaving, 440. Lastings, a strong cloth used for ladies boots and made of hard twisted yarn.
1895. W. G. FitzGerald, in Strand Mag., March, 311/1. The man is clothed in a suit of lastingthat curious leathery material affected by the London apprentices in the days of Queen Elizabeth.
b. attrib.
18726. Voyle & Stevenson, Milit. Dict., Lasting Cloth, a material similar to prunella cloth . It has the property of not readily catching fire.
1892. Labour Commission, Gloss., Lasting-shoes, shoes of which the tops or upper parts are made from lasting.