shirrings

The pattern envelope explained that the style could be made with a "Slightly Raised Waistline: consisting of a Waist, In High or Lower Round Neck, with Elbow or Shorter Sleeves: and an Attached Tucked Straight Skirt, with or without the shirrings."

"Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930 2006

Aileen had created an impression in a street costume of dark blue silk with velvet pelisse to match, and trimmed with elaborate pleatings and shirrings of the same materials.

The Financier 2004

In these shirrings she run rattan -- a good heavy piece so it would stand out well.

Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Various

Ernestine, swinging her pretty hat with its shirrings of delicate pink, around on her white hand.

Six Girls A Home Story Fannie Belle Irving

Two of them were dressed like world's people, but the others wore small gray shoulder-capes buttoned to their chins, and little caps of white net stretched smoothly over wire frames; the narrow shirrings inside the frames fitted so close to their peaceful, wrinkled foreheads that no hair could be seen.

The Way to Peace 1910

Oh, how pretty it was -- a lovely soft brown gloria with all the gloss of silk; a skirt with dainty frills and shirrings; a waist elaborately pintucked in the most fashionable way, with a little ruffle of filmy lace at the neck.

Anne of Green Gables 1908

Aileen had created an impression in a street costume of dark blue silk with velvet pelisse to match, and trimmed with elaborate pleatings and shirrings of the same materials.

The Financier, a novel Theodore Dreiser 1908

The green dress was made up with as many tucks and frills and shirrings as Emily's taste permitted.

Anne of Green Gables 1908

And although Marcia spent herself in urging him to stick to the conservative fruit and flowers, he insisted on following his own vagrant fancy, and at last decided upon an elaborate French basket of pale-blue satin covered with shirrings of fine tulle.

The Silver Butterfly Wilson Woodrow 1902

Two of them were dressed like world's people, but the others wore small gray shoulder-capes buttoned to their chins, and little caps of white net stretched smoothly over wire frames; the narrow shirrings inside the frames fitted so close to their peaceful, wrinkled foreheads that no hair could be seen.

The Way to Peace Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901