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Buckram — is a stiff cloth, made of cotton, and still occasionally linen, which is used to cover and protect books. Buckram can also be used to stiffen clothes. Modern buckrams have been stiffened by soaking in a substance, usually now pyroxylin, to fill… … Wikipedia
Buckram — Buck ram, a. 1. Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit. [1913 Webster] 2. Stiff; precise. Buckram dames. Brooke. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
buckram — [buk′rəm] n. [ME bokeram < OFr bouquerant; prob. after Bukhara, city in Uzbekistan] 1. a coarse cotton or linen cloth stiffened with glue or other size, for use in bookbinding, for lining or stiffening clothes, etc. 2. Archaic stiffness or… … English World dictionary
Buckram — Buck ram, v. t. To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff. Cowper. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Buckram — Buck ram, n. [OE. bokeram, bougeren, OF. boqueran, F. bougran, MHG. buckeram, LL. buchiranus, boquerannus, fr. MHG. boc, G. bock, goat (as being made of goat s hair), or fr. F. bouracan, by transposing the letter r. See {Buck}, {Barracan}.] 1. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
buckram — early 13c., from O.Fr. boquerant fine oriental cloth (12c.), probably from Bukhara, city in central Asia from which it was imported to Europe. Originally a name of a delicate, costly fabric, it later came to mean coarse linen used for lining. The … Etymology dictionary
buckram — ► NOUN ▪ coarse linen or other cloth stiffened with paste, used as interfacing and in bookbinding. ORIGIN Old French boquerant … English terms dictionary
buckram — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bukeram, from Anglo French bokeram, from Old French bougherant, probably ultimately from Bokhara (Bukhara, Uzbekistan) Date: 15th century 1. a stiff finished heavily sized fabric of cotton or linen used for… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Buckram — Bụck|ram 〈m. 1; unz.; Textilw.〉 Bucheinbandstoff aus gepresstem, grobem Leinen od. Baumwollgewebe mit dichter u. glatter Oberfläche [<engl. buckram, nach der Stadt Buchara in Usbekistan] * * * Bụck|ram, der; s [engl. buckram, über das Roman.… … Universal-Lexikon
buckram — [14] Etymologically, buckram ‘stiffened cloth’ is cloth from Bokhara, a city in central Asia (now the Uzbek city of Bukhara), from where in the Middle Ages cloth was exported to Europe. And not just any cloth: originally buckram denoted a high… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
buckram — [14] Etymologically, buckram ‘stiffened cloth’ is cloth from Bokhara, a city in central Asia (now the Uzbek city of Bukhara), from where in the Middle Ages cloth was exported to Europe. And not just any cloth: originally buckram denoted a high… … Word origins
