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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
: 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 ruff
vsto gauffer
1 9.3

To gather small folds in cloth to make a decorative edge

creates continuous wavy crimps by pressing rather than edge pleats
to goffer
vsto gauffer
  • Archaic
1 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

How Crimped

to crimp
4 6.3
to gauffer
  • Archaic
9.9
to pleat
1 4.4
crease
37 1.5
to fold
328 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.