buckram

Adjective

• rigidly formal
  • a starchy manner
    
  • the letter was stiff and formal
    
  • his prose has a buckram quality
    

Noun

• a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing

Verb

• stiffen with or as with buckram
  • buckram the skirt
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  starchy , stiff