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buckrams

buckrams is the alternative form of buckram.

buckrams is the third-person singular simple present indicative of buckram.

Meaning of buckram

Noun (1)

buckram (usually uncountable, plural buckrams)

  1. (usually) A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
    • Four rogues in buckram let drive at me—c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (usually) A crab that has just molted; a papershell.

Noun (2)

buckram (plural buckrams)

  1. A plant of species Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.

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Questions about buckrams

What is buckrams the alternative form of?
Buckrams is the alternative form of buckram.

Words near buckrams in the dictionary

  1. buckraking
  2. buckram
  3. buckramed
  4. buckraming
  5. buckrammed
  6. buckrams
  7. buckras
  8. Buckrose
  9. bucks
  10. Bucks County
  11. bucks down

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Adapted from Wiktionary: buckrams (page history and authors); buckram (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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