ruche
Example Sentences
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Oprah Winfrey made a red carpet appearance in a ruche nude chiffon frock from Vera Wang.
From Forbes ● Feb. 22, 2015
There was a frilling, or ruche, or tucker, about the throat that I think had been sewn into it three weeks before.
From A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
She had a plump figure, its fulness accentuated by her rustling gray silk gown, with its spreading mantle glittering with steel beads, and finished with a thick, outstanding ruche at the neck.
From The Last Stroke a detective story by Lawrence L. Lynch
No. 172 shows the wing of a bird, No. 173 a rose-leaf somewhat increased in size; the former is worked entirely in button-hole stitch, or trimmed with a ruche of coloured ribbon.
From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
I saw no ornaments, save a wreath below the high, full, white ruche at the throat, perhaps of geranium leaves, and a full bouquet of pink rosebuds in the right hand.
From In and Around Berlin by Minerva Brace Norton
