ruche
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1VERB + RUCHE
identify
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noun
A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.
A small ruff of fluted or pleated fabric worn at neck or wrist.
Mrs. Newsome wore at operatic hours a black silk dress—very handsome, he knew it was "handsome"—and an ornament that his memory was able further to identify as a ruche.
A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.
verb
To flute or pleat (fabric).
ruched curtains
At each seam the dress opens to a-point over a silk petticoat. The skirt is ruched around the bottom and the openings, between which are bows of ribbon and lace.
To bunch up (fabric); to ruck up.
Joe Baxter pulled the dress farther down, so it was ruched around my middle, the bottom half pulled up to my stomach.
A woman with an agonized expression on her up-turned face sat with her knees apart while a man buried his head between her legs. Her dress was ruched around her waist, and her breasts were bared. Gilmore's scandalous, erotic art.
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4Mrs. Newsome wore at operatic hours a black silk dress—very handsome, he knew it was "handsome"—and an ornament that his memory was able further to identify as a ruche.
Wiktionaryruched curtains
WiktionaryAt each seam the dress opens to a-point over a silk petticoat. The skirt is ruched around the bottom and the openings, between which are bows of ribbon and lace.
WiktionaryThis will consist in large part of a half-dozen inexpensive flowered organdies, which she has picked up at various sales for from ten to twenty cents a yard. She has had all of them made with low wais
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