单词 | ruche |
释义 | ruchen.ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [noun] > beehive hivec725 beehivec1325 ruche1494 skep1494 stall1505 butt1532 pyche1570 bee-stall1572 hive-cot1582 alveary1623 bee-skepa1634 bee-house1675 staller1712 stand1740 bee-gum1817 bink1824 bee-palace1845 1494 Loutfut MS f. 24v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) The ruches quhilkis ar habitationis of beis fleis till hunny. 2. a. A frill or pleat of fabric used to trim a garment or soft furnishing; a ruffle.In quot. 1806 as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > ruffle or frill ruff?1523 chitterling1576 hand-ruff1581 peak1591 frislet1607 fall1634 ruffle1659 furbelow1706 flounce1726 Valenciennes1764 ruche1806 ruching1847 volant1851 flouncing1865 balayeuse1882 cascade1882 goffering1889 tier1934 1806 La Belle Assemblée June 225/1 Round dress of white sarsnet ornamented with crape rush. 1809 Weekly Entertainer 9 Oct. 810 Four rows of blond, or ribband, in whole, plaiting at one edge,..called a ruche, is a favourite addition to lace or satin caps. 1862 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. 4 236/1 The front of the body..was trimmed with white satin ruches laid over white blonde. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 427/2 For silk the Ruche flutings should measure from half inch, to 1 inch. 1907 Everyday Housek. Apr. 604 A beautiful slipper in green morocco, with a red heel and a double rouche of red taffetas. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill xvi. 505 She finicked with frills and ruches. 1993 Cent. Home Oct. 24/2 Among the old techniques used are ruches, puffs, hand pleating, ribbonwork and chiffonwork. b. figurative and in extended use. A frill or pleat of anything; a fold or series of folds. ΚΠ 1862 M. Somerville Cookery & Domest. Econ. 31 Trim the shank-bone with a paper ruche. 1935 ‘E. Queen’ Spanish Cape Myst. ii. 30 A silvered old gentleman..whose sunken gray eyes were deeply imbedded in ruches of wrinkles, like old gems in crumpled velvet. 1982 E. Boland Night Feed in Coll. Poems (1995) 85 This crepy ruche of skin papering my neck. 2001 T. Beattie Last Supper according to Martha & Mary 99 A ruche of blue hills on the horizon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). ruchev. 1. transitive. To form or gather into a ruche or ruches (ruche n. 2). Occasionally with up. Also intransitive: to be formed into ruches. ΚΠ 1838 Ladies' Cabinet Oct. 270 A broad ribbon ruched at each edge is disposed en Fanchon as low as the edge of the brim. 1885 J. Brinsley-Richards Duke's Marriage II. iv. 72 She sat down to ruche up lace for ruffles for her neck and sleeves. 1922 E. Post Etiquette xxiv. 404 Nothing can be in worse taste than crepe which is gathered and ruched and puffed and pleated and made into waterfalls. 1982 H. O'Leary Curtains & Blinds i. 18 Festoon blinds should be made with lightweight fabric which ruches gracefully and falls in puffy folds. 2. transitive. To trim with a ruche or pleat of fabric. Also figurative. Only in passive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > other fur13.. buttonc1380 lashc1440 pointa1470 set1530 tuft1535 vent1547 ruff1548 spangle1548 string1548 superbody1552 to pull out1553 quilt1555 flute1578 seam1590 seed1604 overtrim1622 ruffle1625 tag1627 furbelow1701 tuck1709 flounce1711 pipe1841 skirt1848 ruche1855 pouch1897 panel1901 stag1902 create1908 pin-fit1926 ease1932 pre-board1940 post-board1963 1855 Moniteur de la Mode June 83/2 A bandeau ruched with tulle advances under the front and forms a point exactly over the parting of the hair. 1892 Daily News 8 Mar. 2/1 A black moiré silk was ruched with pink round the border of the skirt. 1954 O. Sitwell Four Continents ii. 25 Emus ruched with plumes strutting under the slashed trunks of gum-trees. 2002 A. Vickers New Nation ii. v. 101 Pantelets were made of satin and were heavily ruched with lace and other frills. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1494v.1838 |
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