… cloth; prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar stiffened textile fabrics of a kind used for hat foundations. …
Explanatory notes
… cloth; prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar stiffened textile fabrics of a kind used for hat … of book outer covers, boxes, spectacle or cutlery cases, knife sheaths, etc. They may be unbleached, bleached, dyed or printed and the surface is often goffered, pleated, shagreened (given a rough surface), …