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

noun

1. a series of gathered rows decorating a dress, blouse, etc

Other Words From

• un·shirred adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of shirr¹

First recorded in 1840–50; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of shirr¹

C19: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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