To press a waffle-like pattern onto fabric, paper, or leather using heat and special tools.
From French 'gaufrer,' derived from 'gaufre' (waffle), referring to creating a waffled or crimped texture.
Gaufering was a fancy bookbinding technique where craftspeople pressed intricate patterns into leather book covers—it's why 'waffle' and 'embossing' are secretly cousins.
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