buckram

Meaningcoarse cloth

Common meaning: stiffened cloth used in bookbinding

buckramcoarse clothSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 80 · scan

Journey through time

Old Frenchbowcaran‘coarse cloth’source
Middle Englishbokeram‘cloth’source
Englishbuckram‘stiffened cloth used in bookbinding’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old French bowcaran ‘coarse cloth’.

Roots

bowcaran Old French “coarse cloth”

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