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ruche

noun
/ɹuːʃ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- Proto-Celtic *rukskos Proto-Celtic *rūskos Gaulish rūscabor. Early Medieval Latin rusca Old French rusche Middle French rusche French ruchebor. English ruche Borrowed from French ruche, from Middle French rusche, from Old French rusche, from Early Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”), borrowed from Gaulish rūsca, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”), from *rukskos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- (“to dig up”), from *Hrew- (“to tear out, dig out”).

  1. derived from *h₃rewk-✻ — “to dig up”
  2. derived from *rūskos✻ — “bark”
  3. derived from rusca — “bark”
  4. derived from rusche
  5. derived from rusche
  6. derived from *h₃rewk- Proto-Celtic *rukskos Proto-Celtic *rūskos Gaulish rūscabor✻
  7. derived from *Hrew-der✻

Definitions

  1. A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.

  2. A small ruff of fluted or pleated fabric worn at neck or wrist.

    • Mrs. Newsome wore at operatic hours a black silk dress—very handsome, he knew it was "handsome"—and an ornament that his memory was able further to identify as a ruche.

  3. A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To flute or pleat (fabric).

      • ruched curtains
      • At each seam the dress opens to a-point over a silk petticoat. The skirt is ruched around the bottom and the openings, between which are bows of ribbon and lace.

    2. To bunch up (fabric)

      To bunch up (fabric); to ruck up.

      • Joe Baxter pulled the dress farther down, so it was ruched around my middle, the bottom half pulled up to my stomach.
      • A woman with an agonized expression on her up-turned face sat with her knees apart while a man buried his head between her legs. Her dress was ruched around her waist, and her breasts were bared. Gilmore's scandalous, erotic art.
      • Clad in a leather bodice and black skirts ruched up past her knees, the wild-haired rescuer pushed a pair of brass goggles up onto her mop of red locks and squinted. “Well, this is a fine mess,” she said.

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Derived

ruching

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA