The process of treating or reinforcing fabric with buckram to make it stiff and structured.
From the verb 'buckram' (to stiffen with buckram) plus the gerund suffix '-ing'. This technical term relates to garment construction and tailoring methods developed over centuries.
Buckraming was an essential tailoring skill—tailors would carefully treat fabrics to create the dramatic shapes that defined different historical fashion periods, from Renaissance ruffs to Victorian silhouettes!
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