Definition of Ruche

1. n. 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.

Definition of Ruche

1. Noun. A strip of fabric used for trimming. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ruche

1. a pleated strip of fine fabric [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ruche

1. 1. 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. Alternative forms: rouche. 2. A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn. Origin: F. Ruche ruche, beehive, OF. Rusche a beehive, which was formerly made of the bark of trees; cf. W. Rhisg, rhisgl, bark, gael. Rusg bark, rind. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruche

ruby-red
ruby slippers
ruby spinel
ruby spots
ruby wedding
ruby wood
rubying
rubylike
rubytail
rubytails
rubythroat
rubythroats
rubywood
ruc
rucervine
ruche (current term)
ruched
ruches
ruching
ruchings
ruck
ruck rover
ruck rovers
ruck up
rucked
rucked up
rucking
ruckle
ruckled
ruckles

Literary usage of Ruche

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"a lady, whom I knew by her Leghorn bonnet and red ribbons, ruche with poppies and marigolds, brass ferro- nière, great red hands, black silk gown, ..."

2. Joseph Csáky: A Pioneer of Modern Sculpture by Edith Balas (1998)
"But not only such miserably poor people lived in the ruche. Every now and then somebody rich would rent a studio there, who was enchanted by the false ..."

3. Joseph Csáky: A Pioneer of Modern Sculpture by Edith Balas (1998)
"But not only such miserably poor people lived in the ruche. Every now and then somebody rich would rent a studio there, who was enchanted by the false ..."

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