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🎀 A frilled trim 🔥 A pleating tool 〰️ To make wavy
to gauffer

to gauffer

9.9
To press small folds into fabric with a heated tool
  • verb
  • Archaic
translation icon : fruncir
  • She learned how to gauffer lace using an old-fashioned heated iron.

Examples

  • Traditional costumes often feature collars or cuffs that have been gauffered for added texture.

  • The milliner decided to gauffer the ribbons to create a decorative effect.

  • She will gauffer the fabric for the costume.

  • The seamstress gauffered the edges of the dress.

  • The craftsman used a heated iron to gauffer the silk, creating beautiful waves.

  • To achieve a vintage look, she decided to gauffer the edges of the satin fabric.

  • When preparing the costume, it is essential to gauffer the material to add texture.

Synonyms

to goffer
vsto gauffer
  • Archaic
9.9

To press fabric into wavy pleats with a hot iron

is the same action but done with a special heated tool to make crimps
to ruff
vsto gauffer
9.3

To gather small folds in cloth to make a decorative edge

creates continuous wavy crimps by pressing rather than edge pleats

How Crimped

to crimp
2 6.3
to gauffer
  • Archaic
9.9
to pleat
13 4.4
crease
27 1.5
to fold
220 1.0

Surface Forms

gauffer infinitive
gauffered past
gauffered past participle
gauffering present participle
gauffers third person singular

Etymology

Gauffer as a verb comes from the French gaufre 'waffle' because it means to press fabric into wavy, waffle-like ridges. So to gauffer something is to make it have those raised pleats with a hot iron.