buckram

Noun
  1. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue;
    Used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing (synset 102913867)
    is a type of: cloth, fabric, material, textile - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
Adjective
  1. Rigidly formal (synset 301047623)
    "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"
    similar to: formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
    same as: starchy, stiff
Verb
  1. Stiffen with or as with buckram (synset 200418900)
    "buckram the skirt"
    is a type of: stiffen - make stiff or stiffer

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