goffering

[ gof-er-ing ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of goffering¹

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

Example Sentences

Also, various smoothing-irons and goffering (crimping)-irons, heated on the hearth were applied to garments.

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Not that she ever touched Soapsuds or Flat-iron or Goffering-stick herself.

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The hands of the old dame would work nervously, as if eager to get at the goffering-irons and try once more.

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Fig. 20 is the next, and I fancy I hear some reader exclaim, "What on earth has a goffering-iron to do with taxidermy?"

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When he got home, he found Lucy sitting on a stool before the hearth, goffering the frills of a muslin cap.

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