thick heavy cotton fabric (used in bookbinding)
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Buckram Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Strong and expensive book-covering material, made from woven linen or a mixture of linen and cotton.
Buckram Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.
To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.
(n.)
A plant. See Ramson.
A plant. See Ramson.
(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.
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.
(a.)
Stiff; precise.
Stiff; precise.
(a.)
Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutMade of buckram; as, a buckram suit.
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.
note: buckram was formerly a very different material from that now known by the name. it was used for wearing apparel, etc. (draper's dict. ).
2. (bot.) a plant. see ramson. prior.
buckram
\buck"ram\, a. 1. made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.
2. stiff; precise. "buckram dames."
buckram
\buck"ram\, v. t. to strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.
buckram
adj : rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" [syn: starchy, stiff]
n : a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing v : stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"
Noun
1. a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
(hypernym) fabric, cloth, material, textile
Verb
1. stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"
(hypernym) stiffen
Adjective
1. rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"
(synonym) starchy, stiff
(similar) formal
Buckram Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Buckram is a stiff cloth, made of cotton, and still occasionally linen, which is used to cover and protect books. Buckram can also be used to stiffen clothes. Modern buckrams have been stiffened by soaking in a substance, usually now pyroxylin, to fill the gaps between the fibres.
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