gauffer
- noun
- /ˈɡɔːfər/
- Archaic
- The dress featured a beautiful gauffer along the hem.
Examples
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The bonnet was adorned with a delicate gauffer along its edge.
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She admired the intricate gauffer on the antique curtains.
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A lace collar with a fine gauffer was popular in Victorian fashion.
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She admired the skilled craftsman’s ability to create a perfect gauffer on the gown.
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The dress featured a delicate gauffer that elegantly enhanced its overall design.
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She carefully added a gauffer of lace to the edges of the napkins for the wedding.
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The artist used a gauffer to create texture in the paper for her intricate greeting cards.
Synonyms
A strip of fabric gathered or folded and sewn as a decorative edge on clothing
A strip of cloth with soft folds used to decorate clothes or curtains
Decorative frills on clothes like lace and ribbons
A decorative frill made by pressing fabric into pleats
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gauffer comes from the French word gaufre 'waffle' because the small pleats and ridges look like a waffle pattern. So a gauffer is a decorative frill made by pressing fabric or paper into those raised folds.