ruche
A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleatedA strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.
Translations
2 languagesMeaning
3 sensesA small ruff of fluted or pleated fabric worn at neck or wrist.
Rüsche
A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.
A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.
Origin
Borrowed from French ruche, from Middle French rusche, from Old French rusche, from EarlyBorrowed from French ruche, from Middle French rusche, from Old French rusche, from Early Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”), borrowed from Gaulish rūsca, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”), from *rukskos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- (“to dig up”), from *Hrew- (“to tear out, dig out”).
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