buckram
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in…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.
» The binding is white buckram, with dark green cloth sides richly gilt.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)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.
коленко́рkolenkór
a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
(uncountable, usually)A crab that has just molted; a papershell.
A plant of species Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
Examples
1 sentencesThe binding is white buckram, with dark green cloth sides richly gilt.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English bukeram (“fine linen”), from Anglo-Norman bokeram, from Old French boqFrom Middle English bukeram (“fine linen”), from Anglo-Norman bokeram, from Old French boquerant, bougherant (“fine cloth”), bougueran, probably ultimately from Bokhara, a city in southeastern Uzbekistan.
Perhaps a back-formation from earlier buckrams, from buck + ramps, ramsh (“wild garlic, ramson”). Compare Danish ramsløg (“ramson”), Swedish ramslök (“bear garlic, ramson”).
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Forms
plural: buckrams| Singular | buckram |
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uncountable
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable