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buckram | A stiff fabric made of normally of cotton, linen, hemp or hair. A plain weave, open-sett fabric impregnated with fillers or stiffeners. Also made by gluing two open-sett sized fabrics together. Used as lining, bookbinding, sometimes known as Library Buckram, and in millenary. Also a 16th century English woollen fabric used for church vestments. |