lockram
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lockram
1250–1300; Middle English lokeram, lokerham, after Locronan, village in Brittany where the cloth was made; perhaps conformed to buckram
Example Sentences
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The list of clothing might include a coat of frieze, a pair of leather breeches, a black hat, or cap of fur, a pair of "wooden heel shoes," and underclothes of dowlas and lockram.
From The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People by Haynie, Miriam
Bales of red cotton, blue linen, flowered Kidderminster, scarlet serge, gold and silver drugget, all sorts of woven stuffs from lockram to brocade, made bright the shelves.
From Audrey by Johnston, Mary
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