English

Noun

buckram ‎(usually uncountable, plural buckrams)

1. 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.
   • 1882: Buckram was probably from the first a stiffened material employed for lining, often dyed. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 557.

Translations

Verb

buckram ‎(third-person singular simple present buckrams, present participle buckraming, simple past and past participle buckramed or buckrammed)

1. (transitive) To stiffen with or as if with buckram.

Etymology 2

Perhaps from earlier buckrams, from buck +‎ ramps, ramsh ‎(“wild garlic, ramson”). Compare Danish ramsløg ‎(“ramson”), Swedish ramslök ‎(“bear garlic, ramson”).

Alternative forms

• buckrams

Noun

buckram ‎(plural buckrams)

1. A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.

See also

• ramp