Main entry: buckram
Definition: a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
Main entry: buckram
Definition: stiffen with or as with buckram
Usage: buckram the skirt
Main entry: buckram, starchy, stiff
Definition: rigidly formal
Usage: a starchy manner; the letter was stiff and formal; his prose has a buckram quality