Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stiffener"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stiffener \Stiff"en*er\, n.
One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of
stiff cloth in a cravat.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stiffener
n : material used for stiffening something
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