shirr

American  

[shur] / ʃɜr /

verb (used with object)

1. to draw up or gather (cloth or the like) on three or more parallel threads.

2. to bake (eggs removed from the shell) in a shallow dish or in individual dishes.

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noun

1. Also shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.

shirr British  

/ ʃɜː /

verb

1. to gather (fabric) into two or more parallel rows to decorate a dress, blouse, etc, often using elastic thread

2. (tr) to bake (eggs) out of their shells

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noun

1. a series of gathered rows decorating a dress, blouse, etc

Other Word Forms

• unshirred adjective

Etymology

Origin of shirr

First recorded in 1840–50; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Truth be told, it’s probably a combination of all these things that sent me on my quest to shirr up my breakfast routine.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2018

It is too nestle by the pin grove shirr, all agree to the counting ate ate pall.

From Geography and Plays by Stein, Gertrude

The way they shirr that calico arrangement around their back door, has long been my admiration.”

From Patty's Summer Days by Wells, Carolyn

The veil was secured to the hood by a simple shirr string of elastic.

From The Motor Girls by Penrose, Margaret

Shirred Eggs.—To shirr an egg break it into a saucer or any small dish that has been well greased.

From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by Harris, H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy)