shirr
to draw up or gather (cloth or the like) on three or more parallel threads.
to bake (eggs removed from the shell) in a shallow dish or in individual dishes.
Also shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.
Origin of shirr
1Other words from shirr
- un·shirred, adjective
Words Nearby shirr
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How to use shirr in a sentence
shirr, Shir, shėr, n. a puckering made in a fabric by parallel gathering-threads.
shirr′ing, decorative-shirred needlework; shirr′ing-string, a cord used to gather the threads together in shirred-work.
It is too nestle by the pin grove shirr, all agree to the counting ate ate pall.
Geography and Plays | Gertrude Steinshirr some eggs, and before serving pour some tomato sauce, or pure, over the white of the eggs.
The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book | Victor HirtzlerHere have I heard all their chat just now, and the white whale—shirr!
Moby Dick; or The Whale | Herman Melville
British Dictionary definitions for shirr
/ (ʃɜː) /
to gather (fabric) into two or more parallel rows to decorate a dress, blouse, etc, often using elastic thread
(tr) to bake (eggs) out of their shells
a series of gathered rows decorating a dress, blouse, etc
Origin of shirr
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