manchet

[ man-chit ]

/ ˈmæn tʃɪt /

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noun Archaic.

a kind of white bread made from the finest flour.

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

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Origin of manchet

1375–1425; late Middle English mainchet; origin uncertain

A miche is a loaf of fine manchet bread, of good quality; see Cotgrave.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Right sir, heres three shillings and sixpence for a pottle and a manchet.
The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys.|Thomas Dekker
Not without extreme difficulty is a manchet of bread, with or without a drop of wine, procured for the King's Majesty this day.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XV. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
I have brought a manchet in my pouch, and cheese withal, as I came hurrying; for I thought, she will be hungry.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles|William Morris

Cromwell stepped to an aumbry, where there were a glass of wine, a manchet of bread, and a little salt.
The Fifth Queen|Ford Madox Ford