/ ˈbʌkrəm; NAmE / noun
[ U ] a type of stiff cloth made especially from cotton or linen , used in the past for covering books and for making clothes stiffer
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (denoting a kind of fine linen or cotton cloth): from Old French boquerant , perhaps from Bukhoro, a city in the republic of Uzbekistan in central Asia.