Meaning of buckram | Babel Free

Definitions

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.
   uncountable, usually
2. A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
3. A crab that has just molted; a papershell.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Four rogues in buckram let drive at me—”

“Buckram was probably from the first a stiffened material employed for lining, often dyed.”

CEFR level