buckram

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   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.
2. 2
   A crab that has just molted; a papershell.
3. 3
   A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.

Verb

1. 1
   To stiffen with or as if with buckram.