buckram
noun/ˈbʌkrəm/
/ˈbʌkrəm/
[uncountable]- a type of stiff cloth made especially from cotton or linen, used in the past for covering books and for making clothes stifferWord OriginMiddle English (denoting a kind of fine linen or cotton cloth): from Old French boquerant, perhaps from Bukhoro, a city in the republic of Uzbekistan in central Asia.
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