ruche

[ roosh ]
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noun
  1. a strip of pleated lace, net, muslin, or other material for trimming or finishing a dress, as at the collar or sleeves.

Origin of ruche

1
1820–30; <French: literally, beehive <Gallo-Romance *rūsca bark, apparently <Gaulish; compare Welsh rhisg(l) bark, rind

Other words from ruche

  • ruched, adjective
  • ruching, noun

Words Nearby ruche

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How to use ruche in a sentence

  • Down went the crown, and up went the brim at the sides, and a kind of ruche of feathers replaced the waving plume of the Cavalier.

  • A ruche of white is now placed just inside the bonnet, which relieves the black effect somewhat.

    The Etiquette of To-day | Edith B. Ordway
  • There was a frilling, or ruche, or tucker, about the throat that I think had been sewn into it three weeks before.

    A Book of Ghosts | Sabine Baring-Gould
  • In some lonely hamlets the unmarried women wear black caps with a thick ruche of ostrich feathers or black fur round the face.

  • He wore loose black trousers, ornamented at the bottom with a ruche of lace, and a large white collar round his neck.

British Dictionary definitions for ruche

ruche

rouche

/ (ruːʃ) /


noun
  1. a strip of pleated or frilled lawn, lace, etc, used to decorate blouses, dresses, etc, or worn around the neck like a small ruff as in the 16th century

Origin of ruche

1
C19: from French, literally: beehive, from Medieval Latin rūsca bark of a tree, of Celtic origin

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