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
1882: Buckram was probably from the first a stiffened material employed for lining, often dyed. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 557.
Fibre: Cotton, some in linen, synthetics Weave: Plain Characteristics: Cheap, low-textured, loose weave, very heavily sized and stiff Also, 2 fabrics are glued together; one is open weave and the other much finer Some is also made in linen in a single fabric Also called crinoline book muslin or bookbinding Name from Bokhara in Southern Russia, where it was first made Uses: Used for interlinings and all kinds of stiffening in clothes, book binding, and for millinery (because it can be moistened and shaped) Used to give stiffness to leather garments not as stiff and often coloured is called "tarlatan" Softens with heat Can be shaped while warm
rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"