gauffer

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gauffer
    n 1: an iron used to press pleats and ridges [syn: {goffer},
         {gauffer}, {goffering iron}, {gauffering iron}]
    2: an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats [syn: {goffer},
       {gauffer}]
    v 1: make wavy with a heated goffering iron; "goffer the trim of
         the dress" [syn: {gauffer}, {goffer}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gauffer \Gauf"fer\, v. t. [F. gaufrer to figure cloth, velvet,
   and other stuffs, fr. gaufre honeycomb, waffle; of German
   origin. See {Waffle}, {Wafer}, and cf. {Goffer}, {Gopher} an
   animal.]
   To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See {Goffer}.
   [1913 Webster]

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