Definition of buckram
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: a stiff-finished heavily sized fabric of cotton or linen used for interlinings in garments, for stiffening in millinery, and in bookbinding
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Most albums come with silk, linen, leather or buckram covers, and endless embossing options.
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What is the hair going to be made of? (Paper, tulle, polyester fiberfill, and buckram are popular options; the Saint Louis Art Museum’s current menswear show uses suit interfacing, a clever tailoring twist.)
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Origin and Etymology of buckram
Middle English bukeram, from Anglo-French bokeram, from Old French bougherant, probably ultimately from Bokhara (Bukhara, Uzbekistan)
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearFirst Known Use of buckram
circa 1589
Definition of buckram
buckramed;
buckraming;
buckrams
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: to give strength or stiffness to (as with buckram)
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archaic
: to make pretentious
First Known Use of buckram
1785
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