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goffer
[ gof-er ]
noun
- an ornamental plaiting used for frills and borders, as on women's caps.
verb (used with object)
- to flute (a frill, ruffle, etc.), as with a heated iron.
goffer
/ ˈɡəʊfə /
verb
- to press pleats into (a frill)
- to decorate (the gilt edges of a book) with a repeating pattern
noun
- an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats
- the decoration formed by goffering books
- the iron or tool used in making goffers
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of goffer1
C18: from French gaufrer to impress a pattern, from gaufre, from Middle Low German wāfel; see waffle 1, wafer
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Example Sentences
Dr. Fellowes had the kindness to give me a goffer (a large field-mouse), undoubtedly Diplostoma bulbivorum.
From Project Gutenberg
A new mortification for poor Cinderella, for it was she who had to iron her sisters' fine linen, and goffer their ruffles.
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Hence our verb to goffer, to give a cellular appearance to a frill.
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