Usually means: Gathering fabric using elastic thread.
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  1. shirring: Merriam-Webster
  2. shirring: Collins English Dictionary
  3. shirring: Vocabulary.com
  4. shirring: Wordnik
  5. shirring: Wiktionary
  6. shirring: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. shirring: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. shirring: Dictionary.com
  9. Shirring: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. shirring: Rhymezone
  11. shirring: FreeDictionary.org
  12. shirring: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. shirring: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Two or more rows of gathers used to decorate parts of garments, usually the sleeves, bodice and yoke.

Similar:
shirring string, gauging, gatherer, stroking, frillwork, ruffle, ruche, worming, quilling, smocking, more...

Opposite:
unshirring, smoothing, flattening

Types:
elastic, pleated, puckered, pucker, more...

Phrases:
shirring string, more...

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Similar:
shirring string, gauging, gatherer, stroking, frillwork, ruffle, ruche, worming, quilling, smocking, more...

Opposite:
unshirring, smoothing, flattening

Types:
elastic, pleated, puckered, pucker, more...

Phrases:
shirring string, more...



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