gauffer

A noun referring to a tool used for pressing pleats and ridges into fabric, or an ornamental frill created by such pressing.

• 🇫🇷Outil servant à presser des plis et des godrons sur du tissu, ou ornement en tissu plissé produit par ce procédé.

1. Pleating iron C2 formal british

   A specialized tool or iron used to press decorative pleats, ridges, or flutes into fabric, lace, or paper.

   • The tailor used a gauffer to create the intricate pleats on the collar.
   • She heated the gauffer carefully before pressing the lace.
   • Antique gauffers are sometimes found in vintage sewing kits.

   🇫🇷Fer à gaufrer

2. Ornamental frill C2 formal british

   A decorative frill or ruffle on clothing, created by pressing fabric into permanent pleats or ridges.

   • The dress was adorned with a delicate gauffer around the neckline.
   • She added a gauffer to the cuffs for a more elegant look.
   • The historical costume featured a wide gauffer at the hem.

   🇫🇷Gaufrure

   Synonymes: flouncefrillfurbelowruffle

• gauffers plural form
• gauffers' possessive plural form
• gauffer's possessive singular form

An archaic verb meaning to crimp, flute, or press a decorative pattern into fabric, lace, or paper, especially using a heated tool.

• 🇫🇷Verbe vieilli signifiant onduler, plisser ou imprimer un motif gaufré sur du tissu, de la dentelle ou du papier, souvent à l'aide d'un instrument chauffé.

1. Crimp or wave fabric C2 formal british

   To create a wavy or fluted pattern on fabric, lace, or paper using a heated tool or iron.

   • She used a special iron to gauffer the edges of the lace.
   • The dressmaker gauffered the ruffles for a more decorative look.
   • In the 18th century, it was fashionable to gauffer collars and cuffs.

   🇫🇷Gaufrer

   Synonymes: corrugatecrimpflutepleatpuckerruffle

• gaffered past participle
• gaffered past simple
• gaffering present participle
• gaffers third person singular