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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


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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

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

She was wearing the same ruching, the same bangles, the same everything—minus the bonnet with the veil—that she had worn that previous afternoon.

From Stubble by George Looms

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