Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shirring"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shirr \Shirr\, n. (Sewing)
A series of close parallel runnings which are drawn up so as
to make the material between them set full by gatherings; --
called also {shirring}, and {gauging}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shirring
n : baking shelled eggs
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