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noun
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
A crab that has just molted; a papershell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
A plant of species Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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adjective satellite
rigidly formal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: starchy, stiff
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noun
a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
verb
stiffen with or as with buckram
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: stiffen
History
From Middle English bukeram (“fine linen”), from Anglo-Norman bokeram, from Old French boquerant, bougherant (“fine cloth”), bougueran, probably ultimately from Bokhara, a city in southeastern Uzbekistan.
Perhaps a back-formation from earlier buckrams, from buck + ramps, ramsh (“wild garlic, ramson”). Compare Danish ramsløg (“ramson”), Swedish ramslök (“bear garlic, ramson”).
Across languages
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