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goffer

goffer

9.9
A decorative frill made by pressing fabric into pleats
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : 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
21 5.6
goffer
  • Specialized
9.9
pleat
11 3.9
tuck
  • Specialized
10 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.