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buckramed, ppl. a.|ˈbʌkrəmd| [f. prec. n. or vb. + -ed.] Stiffened with buckram; clad in buckram. Also fig.
1793Roberts Looker-on (1794) II. 77 Two antiquated beaux, with long buckramed accoutrements and flowing perrukes. 1813Examiner 8 Feb. 88/2 It is so stiff, so buckramed, so spiritless in manners. 1850Hawthorne Scarlet L. xx. (1879) 250 His buckramed habit of clerical decorum. 1861Sala Tw. round Clock 184 The starched, buckramed..skirts of my female relatives. 1880J. C. Watts Gt. Novelists 89 Steeled and buckramed knights. |