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

A white-pot Mermaid custard, with a crust, Lashings of cream, eggs, apple-pulse and spice, A little sugar and manchet bread.

From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred

The bread was doubtless of many kinds, as in England—simnels, cracknels, jannacks, cheat loaves, cocket-bread, wastel-bread, manchet, and buns.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse

He wore the King’s colours, and broke a manchet of white bread with his mid-day repast.

From Gathering of Brother Hilarius by Fairless, Michael

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

At five o'clock they were astir again, and their hostess insisted on their eating a manchet of bread with some cheese, washed down by a stoup of ale before starting.

From By England's Aid Or, the Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-1604 by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)