gauffer

Examples

• All

• The bonnet was adorned with a delicate gauffer along its edge.

• She admired the intricate gauffer on the antique curtains.

• A lace collar with a fine gauffer was popular in Victorian fashion.

• She admired the skilled craftsman’s ability to create a perfect gauffer on the gown.

• The dress featured a delicate gauffer that elegantly enhanced its overall design.

• She carefully added a gauffer of lace to the edges of the napkins for the wedding.

• The artist used a gauffer to create texture in the paper for her intricate greeting cards.

Synonyms

F

frill

vsgauffer

2 3.1

A strip of fabric gathered or folded and sewn as a decorative edge on clothing

is formed specifically by pressing pleats rather than by gathering

F

flounce

vsgauffer

1 7.4

A strip of cloth with soft folds used to decorate clothes or curtains

is made by pressing pleats and can also appear on paper

G

goffer

vsgauffer

• Specialized

9.9

A decorative frill made by pressing fabric into pleats

is identical but more often applied to paper as well

F

froufrou

vsgauffer

• Archaic

9.5

Decorative frills on clothes like lace and ribbons

is a precise pressed-pleat trimming not a general ornate style

Antonyms

P

plain

208 1.0

Simple and not decorated or flavored

U

unadorned

6 5.1

Plain in appearance with no decoration

Surface Forms

Etymology