'Gauffer' definitions:

Definition of 'gauffer'

noun

An iron used to press pleats and ridges [syn: goffer, gauffer, goffering iron, gauffering iron]

noun

An ornamental frill made by pressing pleats [syn: goffer, gauffer]

verb

Make wavy with a heated goffering iron; "goffer the trim of the dress" [syn: gauffer, goffer]

From: GCIDE

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]