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单词 goffer
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Definition of goffer in English:

goffer

verb ˈɡɒfəˈɡɑfər
[with object]usually as adjective goffered
  • 1Crimp or flute (a lace edge or frill) with heated irons.

    a goffered frill

    带褶的饰边。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After the washing came the drying and then ironing, goffering, and crimping before the laundry process was complete.
    • The goffering iron was a rolling pin-like round bar that was heated before use.
    • The body of the robe was of zero velvet, goffered, with a square pelerine of solferino poil de chevre amidships.
    • Tumans could be goffered or pleated and were decorated with pompons made from color silk or gold threads.
    • The goffering iron was made in France, then England.
    1. 1.1as adjective goffered (of the gilt edges of a book) embossed with a repeating design.
      (在书的金边上)压印图案
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Full leather, blind stamped and tooled, goffered edges in gold.
noun ˈɡɒfəˈɡɑfər
  • An iron used to crimp or flute lace.

    (用来将花边熨弯曲或熨出褶子的)熨斗

Origin

Late 16th century: from French gaufrer 'stamp with a patterned tool', from gaufre 'honeycomb', from Middle Low German wāfel (see waffle2).

Rhymes

chauffeur, gofer, gopher, loafer, Nuku'alofa, Ophir, shofar, sofa

Definition of goffer in US English:

goffer

(also gauffer)
verbˈɡɑfərˈɡäfər
[with object]usually as adjective goffered
  • 1Treat (a lace edge or frill) with heated irons in order to crimp or flute it.

    用熨斗将(花边或饰边)熨弯曲;熨成褶子

    a goffered frill

    带褶的饰边。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The goffering iron was a rolling pin-like round bar that was heated before use.
    • Tumans could be goffered or pleated and were decorated with pompons made from color silk or gold threads.
    • The goffering iron was made in France, then England.
    • After the washing came the drying and then ironing, goffering, and crimping before the laundry process was complete.
    • The body of the robe was of zero velvet, goffered, with a square pelerine of solferino poil de chevre amidships.
    1. 1.1as adjective goffered (of the gilt edges of a book) embossed with a repeating design.
      (在书的金边上)压印图案
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Full leather, blind stamped and tooled, goffered edges in gold.
nounˈɡɑfərˈɡäfər
  • An iron used to crimp or flute lace.

    (用来将花边熨弯曲或熨出褶子的)熨斗

Origin

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

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