buckram

noun

1. （旧时用作书皮或衣服衬里的）硬棉布，硬麻布，硬衬布
   a type of stiff cloth made especially from cotton or linen , used in the past for covering books and for making clothes stiffer

1. Canvas: Thick book-binders'cloth having greater durability than ordinary cloth but not so strong as buckram.
   帆布：美装订用的厚布。较普通的布耐用，但不及“书面布”的结实。
2. Buckram: A strong fabric made of jute, cotton or linen, glazed and stiffened by size or glue used for book covers.
   书面布：一种结实的布。用黄麻，棉或亚麻造成。上光和加胶使表面挺实。作书皮用。
3. A starchy manner; the letter was stiff and formal; his prose has a buckram quality.
   拘泥的举止；这封信写得呆板、正式；他的散文有种古板的特点。
4. A wondrous buckram style ( bThomas Carlyle)
   异乎寻常的刻板形式（b托马斯卡莱尔）

noun

1. a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue

verb

1. stiffen with or as with buckram
   1. buckram the skirt

adj

1. rigidly formal
   1. a starchy manner
   2. the letter was stiff and formal
   3. his prose has a buckram quality

   Synonym:    starchystiff