Buckram

[Buck·ram]

A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing

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A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.

Noun
a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing

Verb
stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"

Adjective S.
rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"


n.
A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.

n.
A plant. See Ramson.

a.
Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.

a.
Stiff; precise.

v. t.
To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.


Buckram

Buck"ram , n. [OE. bokeram, bougeren, OF. boqueran, F. bougran, MHG. buckeram, LL. buchiranus, boquerannus, fr. MHG. boc, G. bock, goat (as being made of goat's hair), or fr. F. bouracan, by transposing the letter r. See Buck, Barracan.] 1. A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise. &hand; Buckram was formerly a very different material from that now known by the name. It was used for wearing apparel, etc. Beck (Draper's Dict. ). 2. (Bot.) A plant. See Ramson. Dr. Prior.

Buckram

Buck"ram, a. 1. Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit. 2. Stiff; precise. "Buckram dames." Brooke.

Buckram

Buck"ram, v. t. To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff. Cowper.

A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.

Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.

To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.

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