Gauffer

verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats wordnet
  2. 2
    an iron used to press pleats and ridges wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. transitive
  2. 2
    make wavy with a heated goffering iron wordnet
  3. 3
    In fine bookbinding, to decorate the edges of a text block with a heated iron. transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms
gauffering irongoffergoffergoffergoffering iron

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”).

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