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buckram

noun
/ˈbʌkɹəm/

Etymology

From Middle English bukeram (“fine linen”), from Anglo-Norman bokeram, from Old French boquerant, bougherant (“fine cloth”), bougueran, probably ultimately from Bokhara, a city in southeastern Uzbekistan.

  1. derived from boquerant
  2. derived from bokeram
  3. inherited from bukeram

Definitions

  1. A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding…

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

    • Four rogues in buckram let drive at me—
    • Buckram was probably from the first a stiffened material employed for lining, often dyed.

  2. A crab that has just molted

    A crab that has just molted; a papershell.

  3. To stiffen with or as if with buckram.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A plant of species Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA