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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 buck·ram /ˈbʌkrəm/
 膠硬的粗布;外強中乾

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Buck·ram n.
 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.
 Note: ☞ Buckram was formerly a very different material from that now known by the name. It was used for wearing apparel, etc.
 2. Bot. A plant. See Ramson.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Buck·ram, a.
 1. Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.
 2. Stiff; precise. “Buckram dames.”

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Buck·ram, v. t. To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 buckram
      adj : rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff
            and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" [syn: starchy,
             stiff]
      n : a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in
          bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
      v : stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"