Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gauffer

Gauffer , transitive verb

[French gaufrer to figure cloth, velvet, and other stuffs, from gaufre honeycomb, waffle; of German origin. See Waffle, Wafer, and compare Goffer, Gopher an animal.]

To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer.