- present participle of shirr.
shirring
Americannoun
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an ornamental feature on a garment, made by gathering the fabric together on three or more parallel threads, typically elasticized.
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the process or technique used to create this feature.
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There was a lot of shirring and Breton stripes.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
I pulled out a red dress with side shirring and lots of stretch.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2013
Not to mention cap sleeves, shirring, scalloped edges and a lot of stuff a romantic six-year-old would favor, including aprons and petticoats.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fashion's permutations and combinations have fascinated the frivolous and the furrow-browed; the shirring of a sleeve or the fall of a hemline has borne the burden of some heavy-duty thinking.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It's a most stunning affair!" exclaimed Nellie, admiring with close scrutiny all the fine points in the shirring, hemstitching and accordeon plaiting.
From Cupid's Middleman by Lent, Edward B.
These were sentences that struck in upon her just as she was deciding to have a new summer silk, trimmed with shirrings of the same material a shade darker.
From Four Girls at Chautauqua by Pansy
The green dress was made up with as many tucks and frills and shirrings as Emily's taste permitted.
From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
In these shirrings she run rattan—a good heavy piece so it would stand out well.
From Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History by Morris, Lucy Leavenworth Wilder
Aileen had created an impression in a street costume of dark blue silk with velvet pelisse to match, and trimmed with elaborate pleatings and shirrings of the same materials.
From The Financier, a novel by Dreiser, Theodore
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