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Buckram
//ˈbʌkɹəm// noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 rigidly formal wordnet
Noun
- 1 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. uncountable, usually
"Four rogues in buckram let drive at me—"
- 2 A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
- 3 a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing wordnet
- 4 A crab that has just molted; a papershell. uncountable, usually
Verb
- 1 To stiffen with or as if with buckram. transitive
- 2 stiffen with or as with buckram wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
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.
Etymology 3
Perhaps a back-formation from earlier buckrams, from buck + ramps, ramsh (“wild garlic, ramson”). Compare Danish ramsløg (“ramson”), Swedish ramslök (“bear garlic, ramson”).
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