Definitions for buckram

buckram buck·ram

Spelling: [buhk-ruh m]
IPA: /ˈbʌk rəm/

Buckram is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in buckram (abckmru).

Definitions for buckram

noun

  1. a stiff cotton fabric for interlinings, book bindings, etc.
  2. stiffness of manner; extreme preciseness or formality.

verb (used with object)

  1. to strengthen with buckram.
  2. Archaic. to give a false appearance of importance, value, or strength to.

Origin of buckram

1175-1225; Middle English bukeram Middle High German buckeram or Old Italian bucherame, said to be named after Bukhara, once noted for textiles

Examples for buckram

I have peppered two of them: two I am sure I have paid, two rogues in buckram suits.

Dick was wont to declare that he hated the world in buckram.

What one saw was not buckram, whalebone, paint, and false hair.

buckram was sometimes a silken plush, but generally was woven with cotton.

I have no hesitation in saying that the best material is buckram.

The use of buckram has been mostly abandoned by the libraries.

Making frames for hats follows—the frames are of wire and buckram.

"And the ladies were not in buckram," rejoined Ellis, starting a blaze.

The haketon was made of buckram, stuffed with cotton-wool and quilted.

And of all qualities of buckram the American is unquestionably the best.

Word Value for buckram
Scrable

17

Words with friends

21

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