goffer

3 definitions found

goffer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Goffer \Gof"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Goffered; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Goffering.] [See Gauffer.]
     To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer. --Clarke.
     [1913 Webster]

goffer - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  goffer
      n 1: a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman) [syn:
           goffer, gopher]
      2: an iron used to press pleats and ridges [syn: goffer,
         gauffer, goffering iron, gauffering iron]
      3: an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats [syn: goffer,
         gauffer]
      v 1: make wavy with a heated goffering iron; "goffer the trim of
           the dress" [syn: gauffer, goffer]

goffer - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "goffer":
     aqueduct, canal, canalization, canalize, carve, chamfer, channel,
     chisel, corrugate, crack, crimp, cut, dado, dike, ditch, engrave,
     entrenchment, flute, fosse, furrow, gash, gouge, groove, gully,
     gutter, ha-ha, incise, kennel, moat, pleat, plow, rabbet, rifle,
     rut, score, scratch, slit, streak, striate, sunk fence, trench,
     trough, wrinkle