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.
A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
A small clump of trees or bushes.
A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
A person entitled to wear such a tassel.
To form into tufts.
To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. This hinders the stuffing from moving.
To be formed into tufts.
To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.