ruche

Meanings

Noun

• A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.
• A small ruff of fluted or pleated fabric worn at neck or wrist.
• A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.

Verb

• To flute or pleat (fabric).
• To bunch up (fabric); to ruck up.

Origin

• Borrowed from French ruche, from Middle French rusche, from Medieval Latin rusca ("bark"), from Gaulish *ruskā, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos ("bark"). Compare Breton rusk, Irish rúsc, Welsh rhisgl and Catalan rusc.