ruche

ruchenoun/ɹuːʃ/

• 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.

rucheverb/ɹuːʃ/

• 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 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.