Shirring

"Shirring" in a Sentence (2 examples)

Ruching and shirring are not the same thing. For starters, shirring involves elasticized threads in parallel rows.

The shirring in Hennessy’s lips tightened, and he drew his breath in and out in a sort of asthmatic whistle.

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