Толковый словарь английского языка - buckram
Buckram
buckram
I. noun Etymology: Middle English bukeram, from Anglo-French bokeram, from Old French bougherant, probably ultimately from Bokhara (Bukhara, Uzbekistan) Date: 15th century a stiff-finished heavily sized fabric of cotton or linen used for interlinings in garments, for stiffening in millinery, and in bookbinding, stiffness, rigidity , II. adjective Date: circa 1589 suggesting ~ especially in stiffness, III. transitive verb Date: 1783 to give strength or stiffness to (as with ~), to make pretentious
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n. & adj. --n. 1 a coarse linen or other cloth stiffened with gum or paste, and used as interfacing or in bookbinding. 2 archaic stiffness in manner. --adj. archaic starchy; formal. Phrases and idioms men in buckram a figment (Shakesp. 1 Henry IV II. iv. 210-50). Etymology: ME f. AF bukeram, OF boquerant, perh. f. Bokhara in central Asia ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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