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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Buckram

Bück'ram, n.

noun

n. [Fr. bougran, O. Fr. boucaran, Pr. bocaran, Sp. bucaran, It. bucherame, M. H. Ger. buckeram, buckeram, buggeram, L. Lat. buchiramus, boquerannus, from Fr. bouracan, barracan, barracan, &c., by transposing the letter r. See BARRACAN.]

Sense 1. A coarse linen cloth, stiffened with glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover cloths and other merchandise.

Sense 2. (pl.) Wild garlic. Johnson.

Bück'ram, a.

adjective
  1. Made of buckram; as, buckram suit.
  2. Stiff; precise. “Buckram dames.” Brooke.

Bück'ram, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff. Cooper.