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buckram definition

buck·ram (buk′rəm)

noun

  1. a coarse cotton or linen cloth stiffened with glue or other size, for use in bookbinding, for lining or stiffening clothes, etc.
  2. Archaic stiffness or formality

Etymology: ME bokeram < OFr bouquerant; prob. after Bukhara, city in Uzbekistan

adjective

  1. of or like buckram
  2. Now Rare stiff; formal

transitive verb

to stiffen with buckram

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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