luting

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of lute

plural lutings

1. countableuncountablelute (a kind of sticky clay or cement)
2. countableuncountabledentistryThe process of cementing or bonding dental restorations, such as crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays, and veneers, to the natural tooth structure or dental implant abutments.

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Luding.

   It is about 90 kms from Shihmien [translating 石棉 (Shímián)] to the famous Luting Iron-Chain Bridge in Luting County.

   1975, “Changes Along the Tatu [translating 大渡 (Dàdù)]”, in China Pictorial, number 5, Peking: China Pictorial, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 1

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   Originally, planks had been laid across the nine chains, and the whole bridge, suspended between two cliffs, swayed like a cradle with the motions of the person walking upon it. Now the planks were gone, having been taken by the enemy into Luting City. All that remained were the black hanging chains.

   1971, Dick Wilson, “The Bridge of Iron Chains”, in The Long March 1935: The Epic of Chinese Communism's Survival, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 168

   At the "Red Army Building" at the head of Luting Bridge, Luting County, are pictures of the old battlefield where the Red Army fought there, and wooden bowls and baskets used by the Red Army men at that time.

   1977 August 15 [1977 August 14], “Red Army Memorial, Exhibition Halls Reopen in Szechwan”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 157, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Southwest Region, page J 2