ruche

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.

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.