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

Cromwell stepped to an aumbry, where there were a glass of wine, a manchet of bread, and a little salt.

From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford, Ford Madox

Upon a mushroome's head Our table-cloth we spread; A grain of rye, or wheat, Is manchet, which we eat; Pearly drops of dew we drink In acorn cups fill'd to the brink.

From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)

Your oven must not be hotter than for manchet.

From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady

I had my white manchet and roast beef and flagon of ale, and had a fine hunger for it after my morning swim.

From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Tynan, Katharine

Bake them in an oven as hot as for manchet, and stop it up close.

From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady