buckram

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. 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.
2. A crab that has just molted; a papershell.

Verb

To stiffen with or as if with buckram.

Concepten

preuts

buckram

Synoniemen

stiff

starchy

stiffness

stiffen

petrify

prim

primness

rigid

rigidify

stilted

strict

unbending

unyielding

wiry

stiff-backed

canvas

unmalleable

denim

gawky

linen

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈbʌkɹəm/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.