buckramed

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• buck|ram — «BUHK ruhm», noun, adjective, verb, ramed, ram|ing. –n. 1. a coarse cloth made stiff with glue or something like glue, used especially for stiffening garments and binding books: »Four rogues in buckram let drive at me (Shakespeare). 2. Figurative …   Useful english dictionary

• buckram — /buk reuhm/, n., v., buckramed, buckraming. n. 1. a stiff cotton fabric for interlinings, book bindings, etc. 2. stiffness of manner; extreme preciseness or formality. v.t. 3. to strengthen with buckram. 4. Archaic. to give a false appearance of… …   Universalium

• buckram — /ˈbʌkrəm / (say bukruhm) noun 1. stiff cotton fabric for interlining, binding books, etc. 2. stiffness of manner; extreme preciseness or formality. –verb (t) (buckramed, buckraming) 3. to strengthen with buckram. 4. to give (a person, etc.) a… …