buckram
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbʌkrəm/
[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English bukeram (“fine linen”), from Anglo-Norman bokeram, from Old French boquerant, bougherant (“fine cloth”), bougueran, probably ultimately from Bokhara.
[edit] Noun
buckram (usually uncountable; plural buckrams)
- 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.
- 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.
[edit] Verb
buckram (third-person singular simple present buckrams, present participle buckraming, simple past and past participle buckramed or buckrammed)
- (transitive) To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
[edit] Etymology 2
Perhaps from ealier buckrams, from buck + ramps, ramsh (“wild garlic, ramson”). Compare Danish ramsløg (“ramson”), Swedish ramslök (“bear garlic, ramson”).
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Noun
buckram (plural buckrams)
- (botany) A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
