Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small loaf or roll of the finest white bread; bread made from the finest and whitest wheaten flour.
- noun In heraldry, the representation of a found cake, as a bread, resembling a muffin.
- Used in making manchets (said of flour); also, made of the finest flour.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Archaic Fine white bread; a loaf of fine bread.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Scotland, obsolete A type of high-quality
bread made fromflour .
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Examples
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Eli even invited him to break a manchet and drink a stoup of wine to give him heart for his journey.
The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849
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He sopped up the last of the gravy with a piece of manchet bread and continued to eat.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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He sopped up the last of the gravy with a piece of manchet bread and continued to eat.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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He sopped up the last of the gravy with a piece of manchet bread and continued to eat.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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I once saw him try to eat a piece of manchet, but it took him two hours just to gnaw down one bite.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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He shakes his head and spoons himself another bowl of stewed beef and a slice of manchet bread.
The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010
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I once saw him try to eat a piece of manchet, but it took him two hours just to gnaw down one bite.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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He sopped up the last of the gravy with a piece of manchet bread and continued to eat.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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Then he breaks some manchet bread and pulls the white soft crumb inside the crunchy crust.
The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010
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I once saw him try to eat a piece of manchet, but it took him two hours just to gnaw down one bite.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
bilby commented on the word manchet
"And in the hands of the maiden was a quantity of white bread, and she had some manchet bread in her veil, and she came into the chamber."
- Thomas Bulfinch, 'Age of Fable'.
September 19, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word manchet
""I need to know the language and the customs," she said, leaning over Dunworthy's desk, "and the money and table manners and things. Did you know they didn't use plates? They used flat loaves of bread called manchets, and when they finished eating their meat, they broke them into pieces and ate them. I need someone to teach me things like that, so I won't make mistakes.""
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, p 7
May 23, 2010
qms commented on the word manchet
It's bread, when all's said and done,
But have your frenchified fun.
If you want to enhance it
Then call it a manchet,
But a loaf in the hand is a bun.
October 19, 2014
chained_bear commented on the word manchet
Usage/historical note in comment on pandemaine.
January 8, 2017
ruzuzu commented on the word manchet
Uh, I don't know much about heraldic symbolism--but it sure seems like if Wordnik were to have some sort of coat of arms, then this is the way to include fufluns.
January 3, 2020