buckram
/ˈbʌkrəm/noun
mass noun
1- coarse linen or other cloth stiffened with gum or paste, and used typically as interfacing and in bookbinding（尤指用作衣服衬布或用以装订书籍的）硬麻布; 上过胶（或浆的）硬棉布。
1.1
- figurative, archaic stiffness of manner〈喻, 古〉（态度）僵硬。
短语
men in buckram
- archaic non-existent people〈古〉不存在的人。
- ORIGIN: with allusion to Shakespeare's 1 Henry Ⅳ. Ⅱ. iv 210- 50.
词源
Middle English (denoting a kind of fine linen or cotton cloth)： from Old French boquerant, perhaps from BUKHORO in central Asia.