Buckram

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Stiff; precise.

II. Buckram ·adj Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.

III. Buckram ·noun A plant. ·see Ramson.

IV. Buckram ·vt To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.

V. Buckram ·noun A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.