Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)buckrama coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing Verbs
(v)buckramstiffen with or as with buckram“buckram the skirt” Adjectives
(s)starchy, stiff, buckramrigidly formal“a starchy manner”,
“the letter was stiff and formal”,
“his prose has a buckram quality”