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Adjective
/ˈbəkrəm/,
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Coarse linen or other cloth stiffened with gum or paste and used typically as interfacing and in bookbinding,
  1. Of or like such material
    • - sturdy volumes in buckram bindings
  2. (of a person) Starchy or formal

Noun
  1. Coarse linen or other cloth stiffened with gum or paste and used typically as interfacing and in bookbinding

  2. Stiffness of manner

  1. a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
  2. stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"
  3. starchy: rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"
  4. 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 the gaps between the fibres .
  5. A heavy weave of binding cloth.
  6. (jean) Coarse linen or cotton cloth (or canvas) stiffened with paste or gum.
  7. A plain weave fabric, usually made from cotton or linen, that is stiffened with starch during the manufacturing process. Buckram is typically used in bookbinding and millenary.
  8. Strong, heavy woven fabric used for stiffening baseball cap brims and some drapery applications.
  9. A stiff backing material that is used to stiffen and add structure to cap fronts.
  10. A woven fabric treated with a glue substance to stabilize fabric for stitching. It is commonly used for caps to hold the front panel in place.
  11. Buckram is a strong cloth used to make hardbound book covers. It is produced in a variety of colors and made from blended cotton with an acrylic coating. The smooth, luster surface accepts foil stamping. It was originally designed to replace leather book covers for libraries. ...
  12. Strong and expensive book-covering material, made from woven linen or a mixture of linen and cotton.
  13. A strong, durable woven book cloth produced with cotton and polyester threads. The woven cloth is impregnated or coated with a nonmigratory resinous material, generally acrylic. ...
  14. 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. ...
  15. Buckram is used to make custom molds for  hats and other objects.
  16. 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. ...
  17. A heavy linen cloth used in book binding. It is often starched or coated with some protective material.
  18. a heavy, very still, spun-yarn fabric converted from cheesecloth gray goods with adhesives and fillers.  It is used as an interlining to stiffen pinch-pleated, window-treatment fabrics.
  19. Stiff-finish cotton fabric for interlining garments, shoes, leather goods.
  20. A coarse cloth used in the bookbinding process.
  21. The stiffened narrow fabric that is used for interfacing drapery pleats; also called crinoline.
  22. that stiff material on the inside of a cap which makes the front stand up.
  23. A loosely woven fabric that has been heavily sized in order to make the fabric stiff, sometimes formed in two or more layers glued together with the sizing. Usually used for millinery.
  24. Liner which adds support to the front of a cap.
  25. stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments