buckram
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
buckram /ˈbʌkrəm/
▶noun coarse linen or other cloth stiffened with paste, used as interfacing and in bookbinding.
– phrases
men in buckram archaic non-existent people. [with allusion to Shakespeare's 1 Henry IV ii. iv. 210–50.]
men in buckram archaic non-existent people. [with allusion to Shakespeare's 1 Henry IV ii. iv. 210–50.]
– origin ME: from OFr. boquerant, perh. from Bukhoro, a city in Uzbekistan.
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