ruche

A gathered ruffle or pleat of fabric used for trimming or decorating women’s garments.

To gather fabric in a repeating pattern to make such a pleat or ruffle.

To gather (fabric) in a repeating pattern to make such a pleat or ruffle.

A full quilling, frilling, or plaiting of ribbon, muslin, grenadine, net, lace, or other material, used as a trimming for women’s garments, or worn at the neck and wrists.

A loose pile of arched tiles to catch and lodge oyster-spawn.

In zoology, a reticulated folding of the skin found in the hemipenes of some snakes.

A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon, or other material, — used in place of collars or cuffs, and as a trimming for women’s dresses and bonnets.

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

A strip of fabric used for trimming.

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