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goffer

goffer

9.9
A decorative frill made by pressing fabric into pleats
  • noun
  • Specialized
: goffre
  • Her Victorian blouse was adorned with a delicate white goffer around the neckline.

Examples

  • The dress featured a beautiful goffer along the hem.

  • Old-fashioned bonnets often featured a wide goffer as decoration.

  • The maid carefully ironed each goffer on the dress’s collar to make it crisp.

  • What a beautiful goffer!

  • Her Victorian blouse was adorned with a delicate white goffer around the neckline, enhancing its elegant design.

  • Old-fashioned bonnets often featured a wide goffer that added a charming decorative touch.

  • The dress featured a beautiful goffer along the hem, giving it a lovely finish.

Synonyms

frill
vsgoffer
2 3.1

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

specifies decoration made by pressing pleats or ridges rather than gathering
flounce
vsgoffer
1 7.4

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

is a pressed pleated border used for decoration across fabrics
gauffer
vsgoffer
  • Archaic
9.9

A decorative edge of small pressed folds on fabric or paper

is limited to fabric pleats and ridges for decorative borders

How Pleated

ruffle
18 5.6
goffer
  • Specialized
9.9
pleat
10 3.9
tuck
  • Specialized
1 5.5

Surface Forms

goffer singular
goffers plural

Etymology

Goffer comes from the French gaufre 'waffle' and names the decorative frill made by pressing fabric into small pleats and ridges, so a goffer is the pleated border or frill you see on old garments.