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🍳 Baked in oven 👗 Gathered with stitches
shirred

shirred

8.3
Fabric gathered with rows of small stitches to make a stretchy, decorative effect
  • adjective
  • /ʃɪrd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : fruncido
  • The designer used a shirred fabric to create a comfortable and stylish waistband.

Examples

  • The blouse featured a shirred neckline that added a touch of elegance.

  • She admired the shirred sleeves on the vintage dress in the shop window.

  • This dress is shirred.

  • Look at that shirred top!

  • The blouse featured a shirred neckline that added a touch of elegance.

  • She admired the shirred sleeves on the vintage dress in the shop window.

  • The designer used a shirred fabric to create a comfortable and stylish waistband.

Synonyms

to ruched
vsshirred
  • Specialized
8.5

To gather fabric into small folds to make it look ruffled

is made by stitched parallel rows that create elasticity rather than loose folds
crimped
vsshirred
4.6

Made into small, regular folds that look like waves

uses stitched parallel rows to gather fabric and create elastic stretch

Compounds

shirred egg
  • Specialized
7.7

An egg baked in a small dish with cream until the white sets and yolk stays soft

How Gathered

smocking
  • Specialized
1 8.5
shirred
  • Specialized
8.3
ruched
  • Specialized
8.5
gathered
2.2
flat
797 1.0

Surface Forms

shirred positive

Morphology

shirred = shirr (transparent) = shirr + ed

Regular adjectival past-participle formation from the verb 'shirr', so the decorative/gathered meaning is directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

Shirred in sewing comes from the verb shirr, which means 'to gather' cloth into many small folds with rows of stitches, so a shirred neckline or waist looks gathered and can be slightly stretchy.