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Definition of goffer in English: gofferverb ˈɡɒfəˈɡɑfər [with object]usually as adjective goffered1Crimp or flute (a lace edge or frill) with heated irons. Example sentencesExamples - After the washing came the drying and then ironing, goffering, and crimping before the laundry process was complete.
- The goffering iron was a rolling pin-like round bar that was heated before use.
- The body of the robe was of zero velvet, goffered, with a square pelerine of solferino poil de chevre amidships.
- Tumans could be goffered or pleated and were decorated with pompons made from color silk or gold threads.
- The goffering iron was made in France, then England.
- 1.1as adjective goffered (of the gilt edges of a book) embossed with a repeating design.
Example sentencesExamples - Full leather, blind stamped and tooled, goffered edges in gold.
noun ˈɡɒfəˈɡɑfər An iron used to crimp or flute lace.
Origin Late 16th century: from French gaufrer 'stamp with a patterned tool', from gaufre 'honeycomb', from Middle Low German wāfel (see waffle2). Rhymes chauffeur, gofer, gopher, loafer, Nuku'alofa, Ophir, shofar, sofa Definition of goffer in US English: goffer(also gauffer) verbˈɡɑfərˈɡäfər [with object]usually as adjective goffered1Treat (a lace edge or frill) with heated irons in order to crimp or flute it. Example sentencesExamples - The goffering iron was a rolling pin-like round bar that was heated before use.
- Tumans could be goffered or pleated and were decorated with pompons made from color silk or gold threads.
- The goffering iron was made in France, then England.
- After the washing came the drying and then ironing, goffering, and crimping before the laundry process was complete.
- The body of the robe was of zero velvet, goffered, with a square pelerine of solferino poil de chevre amidships.
- 1.1as adjective goffered (of the gilt edges of a book) embossed with a repeating design.
Example sentencesExamples - Full leather, blind stamped and tooled, goffered edges in gold.
nounˈɡɑfərˈɡäfər An iron used to crimp or flute lace.
Origin Late 16th century: from French gaufrer ‘stamp with a patterned tool’, from gaufre ‘honeycomb’, from Middle Low German wāfel (see waffle). |