fabric

Definition

An edifice or building.

Etymology

Borrowed from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric”), from faber (“artisan, workman”). Doublet of fabrica, borrowed from Latin, and forge, borrowed from Old French.

Example Sentences

• "Anon out of the earth a fabric huge / Rose like an exhalation."
• "They withdrew from the gate, as if to depart, but he presently thought he heard them amongst the trees on the other side of the fabric, and soon became convinced that they had not left the abbey."
• "Tithe was received by the bishop […] for the fabric of the churches for the poor."

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