noun
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material used for a ruche
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a ruche or ruches collectively
Etymology
Origin of ruching
Example Sentences
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Her garment, a one-piece tracksuit made of a French terry fabric by Alexander McQueen, dresses athleisure one step up with horizontal yellow accents across the chest and ruching up the sleeves.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Ties and knots created dynamic but gentle ruching in fabrics, alongside oversize red sweater-skirts that sported another skirt nonchalantly flapping out from underneath.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
The ruching, this time around, is in the right places.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2023
She soon exchanged her apron for an elegant Nicole Miller white ensemble with dynamic ruching and exposed back zippers.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
They fastened some ruching about his slender neck, pinned ribbons at random all over him, and then Margaret thickly powdered his hair.
From Penrod by Tarkington, Booth
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