Ruche

Word RUCHE
Character 5
Hyphenation ruche
Pronunciations /ɹuʃ/

Definitions and meanings of "Ruche"

What do we mean by ruche?

A gathered ruffle or pleat of fabric used for trimming or decorating women's garments. noun

To gather fabric in a repeating pattern to make such a pleat or ruffle. intransitive verb

To gather (fabric) in a repeating pattern to make such a pleat or ruffle. intransitive verb

A full quilling, frilling, or plaiting of ribbon, muslin, grenadine, net, lace, or other material, used as a trimming for women's garments, or worn at the neck and wrists. noun

A loose pile of arched tiles to catch and lodge oyster-spawn. noun

In zoology, a reticulated folding of the skin found in the hemipenes of some snakes. noun

A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon, or other material, -- used in place of collars or cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and bonnets. noun

A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn. noun

A strip of fabric used for trimming. noun

A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn. noun

A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.

A small ruff of fluted or pleated fabric worn at neck or wrist.

A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Ruche

The word "ruche" in example sentences

Further etymology takes the French word ruche to “beehive,” an allusion to the frills and plaits of a straw hive. ❋ William Safire (2004)

Next, I saw our dog spring backwards from la ruche! ❋ Unknown (2010)

The ruche goes into the butt crack, so it gives you a bigger-looking ass. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Moving over to the right there is a note about a "soft t-shirt with xtra-long sleeves so as to ruche up arms w/tailored men's trousers and cutting-edge blazer of new proportions." ❋ Laura K (2006)

One day, at the sight of tired circles under her eyes, she ripped from her neck a lovely ruche that she was adjusting and, throwing herself on her bed, cried as though her heart would break. ❋ Unknown (2004)

He had his association indeed with the ruche, but it was rather imperfectly romantic. ❋ Unknown (2003)

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. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Thin and youthful looking at first glance, she betrayed her age on Cynthia's second glance, which picked up on the telltale signs of a woman trying too hard the little ruche of flesh at the midsection that seemed to affect almost every middle-aged woman, the sarong knotted at the waist, possibly in hopes of hiding less-than-perfect legs. ❋ Lippman, Laura, 1959- (2003)

It is plain to be seen that the fluffy ruche at the throat-band, and the ruffle at the shoulder, and the spreading bow at the waist, and the trimmed sleeves, add bulkiness to a form already too generously endowed with flabby rotundity. ❋ Dorothy Quigley (N/A)

An old lady with a thin, pipe-stem neck should adopt a full ruche and fluffy, soft collar-bands. ❋ Dorothy Quigley (N/A)

"Meda" made a ruche for grandma, crocheted lace, and speculated in butter, gaining in all 66 cents. ❋ Various (N/A)

A ruche of white is now placed just inside the bonnet, which relieves the black effect somewhat. ❋ Edith B. Ordway (N/A)

In some lonely hamlets the unmarried women wear black caps with a thick ruche of ostrich feathers or black fur round the face. ❋ P. M. Hough (N/A)

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