Material such as whalebone or canvas used to stiffen a garment.
| 单词 | θ58488 |
| 释义 | the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > stiffening (10) stiffing1611 Material such as whalebone or canvas used to stiffen a garment. buckram1732 A kind of coarse linen or cloth stiffened with gum or paste. men in buckram: sometimes proverbially for non-existent persons, in allusion to… foundation1865 transferred. That upon which any structure is built up; a body or ground upon which other parts are overlaid; in various technical uses: e.g. in… Vilene1954 A proprietary name for backing or an interlining for clothing material, etc. Subcategories:— whalebone (5) — strip of steel (1) |
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