BUCKRAM

n. a. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.

2.
n.

A plant. See Ramson. Dr. Prior.

3.
a.

Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.

4.
a.

Stiff; precise. "Buckram dames." Brooke.

5.
v.

To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff. Cowper.


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