1. to pleat, crimp, or flute fabric or paper into regular folds
Usage: archaic

1. a tool used for creating pleats or crimps in fabric
Usage: archaic

Examples

• The seamstress used a heated iron to gauffer the delicate lace trim.
• Victorian ladies would gauffer their collars and cuffs for formal occasions.
• The antique gauffer left perfect pleats in the silk ribbon.
• She learned to gauffer paper decorations for the wedding invitations.
• The museum displayed an ornate silver gauffer from the 18th century.