buck·ram (b k r m)n. 1. A coarse cotton 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. [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.] |
buckram [ˈbʌkrəm]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles)
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
vb -rams, -raming, -ramed
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) (tr) to stiffen with buckram
[from Old French boquerant, from Old Provençal bocaran, ultimately from Bukhara, once an important source of textiles]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | buckram - a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing |
| Verb | 1. | buckram - stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt" stiffen - make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine" |
| Adj. | 1. | buckram - rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education" |
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