Associations to the word «Buckram»

BUCKRAM, noun. 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.

BUCKRAM, verb. (transitive) To stiffen with or as if with buckram.

BUCKRAM, noun. A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.

BUCKRAM, noun. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing.

BUCKRAM, verb. Stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt".

BUCKRAM, adjective. Rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality".