manchet

American  

[man-chit] / ˈmæn tʃɪt /

noun

Archaic.

1. a kind of white bread made from the finest flour.

2. Chiefly Dialect. a piece or small loaf of such bread.

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Etymology

Origin of manchet

1375–1425; late Middle English mainchet; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

The Lord d'Espahn took up his knife and fork in one hand and his manchet of bread in the other.

From The Fifth Queen Crowned by Ford, Ford Madox

And therefore Queene Elizabeth hath the most part of her provision from that place for manchet for her Highnes own diet, as is reported.”

From Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison by Harrison, William

She disregarded every costly cover that cometh to the table, and taketh little but manchet and succory pottage.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Aikin, Lucy

If any offendor escape from the Lieutenant into the Buttery, and bring into the Hall a manchet upon the point of a knife, he is pardoned: for the buttry in that case is a sanctuary.

From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by Dawson, William Francis

The fare of the two little children is thus described: “Breakfasts for the nurcery, for my lady Margaret and Mr. Yngram Percy, a manchet, one quart of beer, three mutton bones boiled.”

From England in the Days of Old by Andrews, William