goffering

American  

[gof-er-ing] / ˈgɒf ər ɪŋ /

noun

1. a decorative or ornamental frill, ruffle, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of goffering

First recorded in 1840–50; goffer + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Today, no colonial weather vane or goffering iron fails to find its collectors, and the productions of traveling limners evoke an enthusiasm that might once have seemed excessive for Gainsborough.

From Time Magazine Archive

The women fled back to their tables, and started ironing, goffering, crimping for dear life, with irons hot and cold.

From Brother Copas by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

The veins of the leaves are next impressed by means of a die, and the petals are given their natural rounded forms by goffering irons of various shapes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

"Very well," Jean acquiesced, "you are getting to be none so ill with the goffering iron and the pliers—" "Better with the fancy than the plain!" laughed Patsy.

From Patsy by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Cardailhac breathlessly giving his last orders, and the honest face of Jansoulet, whose sparkling eyes, set over his fat, sunburnt cheeks, looked like two gold nails in a goffering of Spanish leather.

From The Nabob by Blaydes, W.