buckram

Definition of Buckram in English :

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Noun

1. buckram

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

Verb

2. buckram

stiffen with or as with buckram

Example Sentences:
'buckram the skirt'

Adjective

3. buckram, starchy, stiff

rigidly formal

Example Sentences:
'a starchy manner'
'the letter was stiff and formal'
'his prose has a buckram quality'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Buckram

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noun

1.

a.

cotton or linen cloth stiffened with size, etc, used in lining or stiffening clothes, bookbinding, etc

b.

(as modifier)

a buckram cover

2. archaic

stiffness of manner

verb -rams, -raming or -ramed

3. (transitive)

to stiffen with buckram

Buckram

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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

adjective

3.

of or like buckram

4. Rare

stiff; formal

verb transitive

5.

to stiffen with buckram

Buckram

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n.

1. A coarse cotton or linen fabric heavily sized with glue, used for stiffening garments and in bookbinding.

2. Archaic Rigid formality.

adj.

Resembling or suggesting buckram, as in stiffness or formality: "a wondrous buckram style" (Thomas Carlyle).

tr.v. buck·ramed, buck·ram·ing, buck·rams

To stiffen with or as if with buckram.

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