Definition of Gauffer

1. Noun. An iron used to press pleats and ridges.

Exact synonyms: Gauffering Iron, Goffer, Goffering Iron
Generic synonyms: Iron, Smoothing Iron

2. Verb. Make wavy with a heated goffering iron. "Goffer the trim of the dress"
Exact synonyms: Goffer
Generic synonyms: Wave

3. Noun. An ornamental frill made by pressing pleats.
Exact synonyms: Goffer
Generic synonyms: Flounce, Frill, Furbelow, Ruffle

Definition of Gauffer

1. v. t. To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer.

Definition of Gauffer

1. Verb. (transitive) To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gauffer

1. to goffer [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: goffer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gauffer

gaudgie
gaudgies
gaudier
gaudies
gaudiest
gaudily
gaudiness
gaudinesses
gauding
gaudish
gauds
gaudy
gaue
gaufer
gaufers
gauffer (current term)
gauffered
gauffering
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gauffre
gauffres
gaufre
gaufres
gauge
gauge block
gauge blocks
gauge boson
gauge bosons
gauge pressure
gaugeable

Literary usage of Gauffer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Technological Dictionary: English-Spanish and Spanish-English of Words and by Néstor Ponce de León (1920)
"blind blocking, estampar, to stamp (b. b ) to goffer, to gauffer. ... to stamp in die, — tn realce a en relieve, to emboss, to crimp. — en seco, to gauffer, ..."

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