1. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
   "The tailor used buckram to give structure to the jacket lapels"

1. Rigidly formal
   "his prose has a buckram quality";
   - starchy, stiff

1. Stiffen with or as with buckram
   "buckram the skirt"

Derived forms: buckramed, buckraming, buckrams

See also: formal

Type of: cloth, fabric, material, stiffen, textile

Encyclopedia: Buckram