Goffer Definition

gäfər, gôfər
gauffered, gauffering, gauffers, goffers
verb
To pleat, crimp, or flute (cloth, paper, etc.)
Webster's New World
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noun
goffers
An iron used to goffer cloth, etc.
Webster's New World
Ridges or pleats produced in this manner.
American Heritage
The act of pleating or fluting; also, a series of pleats, crimps, or flutes.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Goffer

  • French gaufrer to emboss from Old French from gaufre honeycomb, waffle of Germanic origin webh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French gaufrer (‘stamp with patterned tool’), from gaufre (‘honeycomb’).

    From Wiktionary

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