nounasbestĭnumASBESTINVM☆ KeepMeaninga kind of incombustible clothLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879ASBESTINUMLEWIS & SHORTASBESTINUMasbestĭnum, i, n. (sc. linum), = ἀσβέστινον, I. a kind of incombustible cloth, Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 19 sqq. (written by Jan as Greek). Read the whole entry