goffering, vbl. n.
(ˈgɒfərɪŋ)
[f. goffer v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. goffer; also, the result of this; goffered lace, frills, etc.
| 1848 Webster, Gauffering, a mode of plaiting or fluting frills, etc. 1885 Fairholt Costume Gloss., Goffering, an ornamental pleating, used for the frills and borders of women's caps, etc. 1889 Century Dict., Goffering, flutes, plaits, or crimps collectively. 1894 Brassington Bookbinding xii. 166 Accordingly we find in the sixteenth century.. much pains bestowed upon gilding, tooling or gauffering, and painting of the edges of books. |
b. attrib. and
Comb., as
goffering-frame,
goffering hand,
goffering machine,
goffering process,
goffering work;
goffering-iron,
-tongs, an iron tool used for goffering lace, frills, etc.;
goffering-press, a press for crimping the material used in the manufacture of artificial flowers.
| 1893 Northumbld. Gloss., *Gofferin-frame, a frame made for holding a series of sticks or canes between which a frill is worked in and out in waving form. The whole is clamped by a screw. |
| 1885 Instr. to Census Clerks 70 Lace Finishing..*Gophering Hand. |
| 1863 Mrs. Beeton Househ. Managem. 1013 *Gauffering-tongs or irons must be placed in a clear fire for a minute. |
| 1801 Morning Post in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1802) V. 180 The skin might be found useful in mending the instep of a Hessian boot, or a *goffreeing machine. 1851 Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 335 Crimping and goffering-machines. |
| 1875 Knight Dict. Mech., *Gauffering-press. |
| 1857 J. G. Wilkinson Egyptians in Time Pharaohs 41 The waving lines purposely impressed upon it [linen] by the *goeffreying [sic] process. |
| 1847–78 Halliwell, *Gofering-work, a sort of crimping performed on frills, caps, etc. |