buckram

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. uncountable,usually
    — Four rogues in buckram let drive at me—
  2. A plant of species Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
  3. A crab that has just molted; a papershell. uncountable,usually
动词 v.
  1. To stiffen with or as if with buckram. transitive

词形变化

buckrams plural buckrams present,singular,third-person buckraming participle,present buckramed participle,past buckramed past buckrammed participle,past buckrammed past buckrams plural buckrams alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
unbuckramed

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bukeram (“fine linen”), from Anglo-Norman bokeram, from Old French boquerant, bougherant (“fine cloth”), bougueran, probably ultimately from Bokhara, a city in southeastern Uzbekistan.
词源 2
Perhaps a back-formation from earlier buckrams, from buck + ramps, ramsh (“wild garlic, ramson”). Compare Danish ramsløg (“ramson”), Swedish ramslök (“bear garlic, ramson”).
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