Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Waffle \Waffle\, n. [D. wafel. See {Wafer}.]
   1. A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.

   2. A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.

   {Waffle iron}, an iron utensil or mold made in two parts
      shutting together, -- used for cooking waffles over a
      fire.