Gauffre
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A gopher, especially the pocket gopher. archaic
"There, too, may be seen the “barking-wolf” and the “swift fox.” It is the favourite home of the marmots, and the gauffres or sand-rats; and there, too, the noblest of animals, the horse, runs wild."
- 2 A waffle. archaic
"It had the same laxness in texture that all organic structures seem to have upon the moon; it tasted rather like a gauffre or a damp meringue, but in no way was it disagreeable."
Example
More examples"There, too, may be seen the “barking-wolf” and the “swift fox.” It is the favourite home of the marmots, and the gauffres or sand-rats; and there, too, the noblest of animals, the horse, runs wild."
Etymology
See gopher.
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