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shirr

[ shur ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to draw up or gather (cloth or the like) on three or more parallel threads.
  2. to bake (eggs removed from the shell) in a shallow dish or in individual dishes.


noun

  1. Also shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.

shirr

/ ʃɜː /

verb

  1. to gather (fabric) into two or more parallel rows to decorate a dress, blouse, etc, often using elastic thread
  2. tr to bake (eggs) out of their shells
“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


noun

  1. a series of gathered rows decorating a dress, blouse, etc
“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
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Other Words From

  • un·shirred adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shirr1

First recorded in 1840–50; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shirr1

C19: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

Shirr, Shir, shėr, n. a puckering made in a fabric by parallel gathering-threads.

Shirr′ing, decorative-shirred needlework; Shirr′ing-string, a cord used to gather the threads together in shirred-work.

It is too nestle by the pin grove shirr, all agree to the counting ate ate pall.

Shirr some eggs, and before serving pour some tomato sauce, or pure, over the white of the eggs.

Here have I heard all their chat just now, and the white whale—shirr!

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