gofferedadj.
/ˈɡɒfəd/ 1. Of frills, etc.: Fluted, crimped.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > ornamented or trimmed > other
cudgelled1598
semined1604
story-wrought1608
well-laced1664
goffered1706
cockaded1713
epauletted1810
aiguilletted1841
fussy1858
sashed1869
overtrimmed1872
tabbed1872
pailletted1892
strapped1892
paillette1896
bullioned1902
the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [adjective] > of or relating to a groove > grooved
channelled?a1425
guttered1562
chamfered1565
channelured1578
fluted1611
furrowy1611
furrowed1615
striated1646
striate1678
struck1678
cannulated1696
canaliculated1751
grooved1793
goffered1860
cannelured1872
runnelled1876
rilled1899
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [adjective] > trimmings or ornamentation
purfled1638
falbala1705
ruched1862
self1866
goffered1880
ruchy1884
1578 Inv. R. Househ. (1815) 223 A lows gowne of quheite satene gowfre [= Fr. satin gaufré] crispit alower with thre small cordonis of gold togidder.]
1706 J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems i. 29 Ev'n his whole shirt his skin doth hide. Gowpherd, Gratnizied, Cloaks rare pointed, Embroider'd, lac'd [etc.].
1860 B. P. Brent Pigeon Bk. 54 Having the peculiar curled, or as if it were goffered plumage.
1880 Cassell's Mag. June 441 The petticoats worn with short dresses should have a ruche, or frill, or goffered border..showing beneath the dress.
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 73 Goffered Rouche Manufacturer.
1888 Daily 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 French form gaufré.)
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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > ornament or lettering on binding > [adjective] > impressed design
tooled1856
goffered1866
1866 Bookseller's Catal. Sternhold's Psalms, 1649..in contemporary embroidered binding..gauffered edges.
1879 Printing Trades Jrnl. xxvi. 13 The tops of each card are shaped and goffered.
1894 W. S. Brassington Hist. Art of Bookbinding xii. 166 Henry VIII of England had many of his books adorned with gilt and gauffered edges.
1895 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Short Hist. Bookbinding 24 Gaufre Edges, impressions made with the tools of the finishers on the gilt edges of a book.]
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3. Entomology. 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.).
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