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Definition of buckram noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

buckram

noun

/ˈbʌkrəm/

/ˈbʌkrəm/

[uncountable]

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a type of stiff cloth made especially from cotton or linen, used in the past for covering books and for making clothes stiffer
Word 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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