buckram

Noun

buckram

1. 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.

   Quotations

   • 1882: Buckram was probably from the first a stiffened material employed for lining, often dyed. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 557.

2. (Bot.) A plant. See Ramson. Dr. Prior.

7 letters in word "buckram": A B C K M R U.

No anagrams for buckram found in this word list.

Words found within buckram:

ab am amu amuck ar arb arc ark arm arum auk ba back bam bar bark barm bauk baur bra brack buck buckra bum bur bura burk burka cab cam car carb cark cauk caum crab cram cru crumb cub cum cur curb ka kab kam kbar krab kram ma mac mack mak mar marc mark mu muck mura murk rack raku ram rub ruc ruck rum rumba um umbra ur urb

• Definitions:
• Fibre: Cotton, some in linen, synthetics. Weave: Plain Characteristics: Cheap, low-textured, loose weave, very heavily sized and stiff. ...
• A heavy linen binding cloth often heavily starched or otherwise coated with protective material.
• A heavy weave of binding cloth.
• is a heavy-weave cotton cloth filled, impregnated, or coated with different compounds (mainly, starch and pyroxylin but also other materials) to enhance body, finish, and durability. Most bindings from library commercial binders have buckram cloth. ...
• A Stiff , Open Weave, Coarse Fabric Often Used As An Interlining To Give A Garment Shape. Also Used In Hats, Bookbinding.
• A strong and expensive book cloth made from cotton or linen, usually the former, and closely woven, occasionally with a double warp. It is filled or coated and calendered to give it a smooth finish which blocks well and is reasonably durable. ...
• A coarse linen cloth which is used for binding.
• a coarse weave cloth binding.
• Strong and expensive book-covering material, made from woven linen or a mixture of linen and cotton.
• Stiff, impregnated, coarse cloth used in bookbinding (cf. bookbinder's cloth).
• (jean) Coarse linen or cotton cloth (or canvas) stiffened with paste or gum.
• A material stiffened by the use of 45 per cent weight of some agent such size or glue. Base cloths are usually jute or cotton.
• A stiff fabric used primarily as a backing. Used in structured caps and often as a backing for embroidery.
• A buckram lining is found on the inside of a "Constructed" caps front 2 panels (the crown). This is a very stiff lining that makes the front of the cap stand up. Unconstructed: This is a type of cap. It means that there is no buckram lining inside the crown. ...
• a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing starchy: rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"
• Buckram is a stiff cloth, made of cotton or linen, which is used to cover, and protect, a book. Buckram can also be used to stiffen clothes.
• Coarse woven fabric, stiffened with glue, used to stabilize fabric for stitching. Commonly used in caps to hold the front panel erect.

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