"He had been washing, ironing and goffering (where appropriate) all Jack's and Stephen's shirts, neck-cloths, handkerchiefs, waistcoats, drawers, and duck trousers..."
--P. O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 95
"Goffering-iron: An iron tool used for crimping, or goffering, lace, frills, and the like." (A Sea of Words, 216)
ah!
Certainly Dickensian.
Though criming lace would be an interesting occupation.
yes, it's crimping.
crimping?
Are you sure about criming? Nothing close to it is in the OED.
"He had been washing, ironing and goffering (where appropriate) all Jack's and Stephen's shirts, neck-cloths, handkerchiefs, waistcoats, drawers, and duck trousers..."
--P. O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 95
"Goffering-iron: An iron tool used for crimping, or goffering, lace, frills, and the like." (A Sea of Words, 216)