buckram
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbʌkɹəm/
buckram (uncountable)
- 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.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act II, Scene 4,
- Four rogues in buckram let drive at me—
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, p. 557
- Buckram was probably from the first a stiffened material employed for lining, often dyed.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act II, Scene 4,
- French: bougran
buckram (buckrams, present participle buckraming; past and past participle buckramed)
- (transitive) To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
buckram (plural buckrams)
- A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
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