Buckram

n.	1.	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.
	2.	(Bot.) A plant. See Ramson.
a.	1.	Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.
	2.	Stiff; precise.
v. t.	1.	To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.

Noun	1.	buckram - a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
Verb	1.	buckram - stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"
Adj.	1.	buckram - rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" Synonyms: starchy, stiff

formal, starchy, stiff