gauffer

US: (gô′fər, gof′ər)

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gauf•fer  (gô′fər, gof′ər), n., v.t. 

1. goffer.

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gauffer / ˈɡəʊfə/ noun , verb

1. a less common spelling of goffer

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gof•fer  (gof′ər), n. 

1. Clothing an ornamental plaiting used for frills and borders, as on women's caps.

v.t. 

2. Clothing to flute (a frill, ruffle, etc.), as with a heated iron.

Also, gauffer. 

• Middle Dutch wāfel waffle
• French gaufre waffle
• 1700–10

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goffer, gauffer / ˈɡəʊfə/ verb (transitive)

1. to press pleats into (a frill)
2. to decorate (the gilt edges of a book) with a repeating pattern

noun

1. an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats
2. the decoration formed by goffering books
3. the iron or tool used in making goffers

Etymology: 18th Century: from French gaufrer to impress a pattern, from gaufre, from Middle Low German wāfel; see waffle¹, wafer