Buckram Definition

bŭkrəm

buckrams

noun

buckrams

A coarse cotton or linen cloth stiffened with glue or other size, for use in bookbinding, for lining or stiffening clothes, etc.

Webster's New World

Stiffness or formality.

Webster's New World

(botany) A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.

Wiktionary

adjective

Resembling or suggesting buckram, as in stiffness or formality.

American Heritage

Of or like buckram.

Webster's New World

Stiff; formal.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

verb

To stiffen with buckram.

Webster's New World

Origin of Buckram

Middle English bukeram fine linen from Old French boquerant and from Old Italian bucherame both after Bukhara (Bukhoro), from which fine linen was once imported

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English bukeram (“fine linen”), from Anglo-Norman bokeram, from Old French boquerant, bougherant (“fine cloth”), bougueran, probably ultimately from Bokhara.

From Wiktionary
Perhaps from earlier buckrams, from buck +‎ ramps, ramsh (“wild garlic, ramson”). Compare Danish ramsløg (“ramson”), Swedish ramslök (“bear garlic, ramson”).

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