gauffer

1. To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace.
2. In fine bookbinding, to decorate the edges of a text block with a heated iron.

Etymology

From French gaufrer (“to figure cloth, velvet, and other stuffs”), from gaufre (“honeycomb, waffle”); of Germanic origin. See waffle, wafer, and compare goffer, gopher (“an animal”).

Synonyms

goffer

gauffering iron

goffering iron

crease

cut

flute

🪈

fold

furrow

gofer

gouge

chase

gutter

indent

plica

pucker

rabbet

rebate

rugosity

scratch

chip at

grave

🪦

cleave

corrugate

Translations

goffer