goffer

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: gof=fer

CIDE DICTIONARY

goffer, v. t. [See Gauffer.].

 To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer.  Clarke.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

goffer, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 make wavy, flute, or crimp (a lace edge, a trimming, etc.) with heated irons.
2 (as goffered adj.) (of the edges of a book) embossed.
--n.
1 an iron used for goffering.
2 ornamental plaiting used for frills etc.

Etymology

F gaufrer stamp with a patterned tool f. gaufre honeycomb, rel. to WAFER, WAFFLE(2)

THESAURUS

goffer

aqueduct, canal, canalization, canalize, carve, chamfer, channel, chisel, corrugate, crack, crimp, cut, dado, dike, ditch, engrave, entrenchment, flute, fosse, furrow, gash, gouge, groove, gully, gutter, ha-ha, incise, kennel, moat, pleat, plow, rabbet, rifle, rut, score, scratch, slit, streak, striate, sunk fence, trench, trough, wrinkle