buckram in Hindi हिन्दी
buckram in Sindhi سنڌي
buckram in English
- buckram⇄adj. 1. made of buckram.
Ex. ... his buckram shirt collar (Byron).
2a. like buckram.
b. (Figurative.) stiff; formal; haughty.
Ex. A wondrous buckram style, --the best he [Samuel Johnson] could get (Thomas Carlyle). - buckram⇄buckram, noun, adjective, verb, -ramed,-raming.
- buckram⇄noun 1. a coarse cloth made stiff with glue or something like glue, used especially for stiffening garmets and binding books.
Ex. Four rogues in buckram let drive at me (Shakespeare).
2. (Figurative.) stiffness of manner.
Ex. A fine, g - buckram⇄v.t. 1. to pad or stiffen with buckram.
Ex. ... the starched, buckramed skirts of my female relatives (George A. Sala).
2. (Figurative.) to make stiff.
Ex. His buckramed habit of clerical decorum (Hawthorne).