[buhk-ruh
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noun, verb, -ramed, -ram⋅ing.| 1. | a stiff cotton fabric for interlinings, book bindings, etc. |
| 2. | stiffness of manner; extreme preciseness or formality. |
| 3. | to strengthen with buckram. |
| 4. | Archaic. to give a false appearance of importance, value, or strength to. |
| buck·ram (bŭk'rəm) n.
tr.v. buck·ramed, buck·ram·ing, buck·rams To stiffen with or as if with buckram. [Middle English bukeram, fine linen, from Old French boquerant and from Old Italian bucherame, both after Bukhara (Bukhoro), from which fine linen was once imported.] |