[ˈɡɒfə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- crimp the lace edges of (a garment) with a heated implement
(e.g: Mary's afternoon caps had to be goffered)

- emboss (the gilt edges of a book) with a repeating design
(e.g: gold page edges on all sides have been gauffered in a geometric pattern)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: from French gaufrer ‘stamp with a patterned tool’, from gaufre ‘honeycomb’, from Middle Low German wāfel (see waffle)

[ˈɡɒfə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a heated implement used to crimp the lace edges of a garment


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: from French gaufrer ‘stamp with a patterned tool’, from gaufre ‘honeycomb’, from Middle Low German wāfel (see waffle)