verb
Meaning 1
To plait, crimp, or flute
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- gauffered crape
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: goffer
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gauffer
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verb
Meaning 2
To decorate the edges of a text block with a heated iron.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, transitive
Topics: arts, bookbinding, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: goffer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow
noun
Meaning 4
an iron used to press pleats and ridges
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: goffer, goffering iron, gauffering iron
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: iron, smoothing iron
verb
Meaning 5
make wavy with a heated goffering iron
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- goffer the trim of the dress
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: goffer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wave
History
Etymology
From French gaufrer (“to figure cloth, velvet, and other stuffs”), from gaufre (“honeycomb, waffle”); of Germanic origin. See waffle, wafer, and compare goffer, gopher (“an animal”).