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
Designers featured frills, fabric layers and ruching in a variety of colours and styles, meaning you could easily re-fashion your own items to reflect the mismatched clothes on display here.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
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
This gown, which exactly fitted her shapely figure, she put on, and around her neck and wrists she placed soft and delicate ruching.
From The Kentucky Ranger by Edward T. Curnick
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