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goffered, ppl. a.|ˈgɒfəd|
Also 8 Sc. gowphered, 9 gauffered.
[f. goffer v. + -ed1.]
1. Of frills, etc.: Fluted, crimped.
[1578Inv. R. Househ. (1815) 223 A lows gowne of quheite satene gowfre [= F. satin gaufré] crispit alower with thre small cordonis of gold togidder. ]1706J. Watson's Collect. Poems i. 29 Ev'n his whole shirt his skin doth hide. Gowpherd, Gratnizied, Cloaks rare pointed, Embroider'd, lac'd [etc.]. 1860B. P. Brent Pigeon Bk. 54 Having the peculiar curled, or as if it were goffered plumage. 1880Cassell's Mag. June 441 The petticoats worn with short dresses should have a ruche, or frill, or goffered border..showing beneath the dress. 1885Instr. to Census Clerks 73 Goffered Rouche Manufacturer. 1888Daily News 26 Dec. 2/1 A little gophered mob cap with strings tied under the chin.
2. Bookbinding and Printing. Embossed or impressed with ornamental figures, esp. goffered edges. (Also in Fr. form gaufré.)
1866Bookseller's Catal., Sternhold's Psalms, 1649..in contemporary embroidered binding..gauffered edges. 1879Print. Trades Jrnl. xxvi. 13 The tops of each card are shaped and goffered. 1894Brassington Bookbinding xii. 166 Henry VIII of England had many of his books adorned with gilt and gauffered edges. [1895J. W. Zaehnsdorf Short Hist. Bookbinding 24 Gaufre Edges, impressions made with the tools of the finishers on the gilt edges of a book.]
3. Ent. Of the elytra of certain beetles: Having very prominent longitudinal lines or carinæ, which in many cases diverge from the base and converge towards the tip (Cent. Dict.). |