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/ˈbʌkɹəm/ · noun
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise..
Four rogues in buckram let drive at me—
Buckram was probably from the first a stiffened material employed for lining, often dyed.
Use buckram when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Buckram means A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise..
Common synonyms include stiff, formal, starchy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Four rogues in buckram let drive at me—
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