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/ˈmænt͡ʃɪt/ · noun
(obsolete or historical) A type of high-quality bread or cracker made from flour..
You that can deal with Gudgins,^([sic]) and courſe floure, / 'Tis pitie you ſhould taſte what manchet means […]
And Enid brought sweet cakes to make them cheer, / And in her veil enfolded, manchet bread.
As with modern breads, like the baguette, there is no one recipe for a manchet. Each of the few published English recipes from the 1500s and the 1600s is different, though each achieves a result that was accepted as a manchet […]
Use manchet when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Manchet means (obsolete or historical) A type of high-quality bread or cracker made from flour..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
You that can deal with Gudgins,^([sic]) and courſe floure, / 'Tis pitie you ſhould taſte what manchet means […]
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