Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as goffer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See goffer.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb make wavy with a heated goffering iron
  • noun an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats
  • noun an iron used to press pleats and ridges

Etymologies

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French gaufrer to figure cloth, velvet, and other stuffs, from gaufre honeycomb, waffle; of German origin. See waffle, wafer, and compare goffer, gopher an animal.

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