buckram

buckram has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. A plant. See Ramson.
• a.. Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.
• a.. Stiff; precise.
• v. t.. To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.
• n.. a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
• v.. stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"
• a.. rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"