Goffer

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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