| 单词 | goffer |
| 释义 | ▪ I. goffer, n.|ˈgɒfə(r)|
[ad. F. gaufre: see the vb. In sense 1 the mod.Fr. term is gaufrier.]
1. A goffering-tool.
1865Daily Tel. 27 Sept., The thumb and finger get sore and blistered from working the goffers.
2. ‘An ornamental plaiting used for the frills and borders of women's caps, etc.’ (Ogilvie).
▪ II. goffer, gauffer, v.|ˈgɒfə(r), ˈgəʊfə(r), ˈgɔːfə(r)|
Also gopher, gofer, gauf(f)re, (8 Sc. gowpher).
[ad. F. gaufrer to stamp or impress figures on cloth, paper, etc. with tools on which the required pattern is cut, f. gaufre honeycomb (see gofer1). The usual sense of the English word is in French expressed by gauffrer à la paille.]
trans. To make wavy by means of heated goffering-irons; to flute or crimp (the edge of lace, a frill, or trimming of any kind).
1706[see goffered ppl. a.]. 1824S. E. Ferrier Inher. xxi. (D.), I'll have to get it [my ruff] all goffered over again. 186.B. P. Brent in Tegetmeier Pigeons xxiii. (1868) 178 A small conical hollow, which gives the plumage the appearance of having been goffered or raised by a fine pair of curling tongs. 1879Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Ind. Househ. Managem. 15 Flounces and frills a dhobie [= washerman] will get up and gauffre beautifully. 1895Crockett ‘Men of Moss Hags’ 233 Her cap..was fairly and daintily goffered at the edges.
fig.1856Aird Poet. Wks. 230 No plaited folds of favour, crimped and goffered by ceremony.
Hence ˈgofferer (cf. F. gaufreur).
1885Instr. to Census Clerks 75 Milliner, etc...Gofferer or Gopherer. |
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