Buckram, is coarse linen cloth, stiffened with glue, and used in the making of garments, to keep them in proper form. It also serves for wrappers to cover cloths, serges, and other articles of merchandize, in order to preserve them from being soiled, and prevent their colours from fading. In general, old sheets and pieces of cloth are converted into buckram; but sometimes new pieces of linen cloth are used for that purpose.

Buckrams are sold wholesale by the dozen of remnants, or small pieces, of about four ells long, and of different breadths.