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gauffer

The English word “gauffer” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To plait, crimp, or flute
  2. To decorate the edges of a text block with a heated iron.

Etymology

From French gaufrer (“to figure cloth, velvet, and other stuffs”), from gaufre (“honeycomb, waffle”); of Germanic origin. See waffle, wafer, and compare goffer, gopher (“an animal”).

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