buckram
noun
- coarse plain-woven cotton, jute, or linen textile stiffened with glue, size, or starch
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈbʌkɹəm/
noun
Etymology: Perhaps a back-formation from earlier buckrams, from buck + ramps, ramsh (“wild garlic, ramson”). Compare Danish ramsløg (“ramson”), Swedish ramslök (“bear garlic, ramson”).
- A plant of species Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
verb
Etymology: 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.
- To stiffen with or as if with buckram.