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gauffer

gauf·fer

uncommon
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

an iron used to press pleats and ridges

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2.

an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats

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verb

1.

make wavy with a heated goffering iron

  • “goffer the trim of the dress”
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Origin

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”).

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