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ruching

American  
[roo-shing] / ˈru ʃɪŋ /

noun

  1. material for making a ruche.

  2. ruches collectively.


ruching British  
/ ˈruːʃɪŋ /

noun

  1. material used for a ruche

  2. a ruche or ruches collectively

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ruching

First recorded in 1860–65; ruche + -ing 1

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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