In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FABRIC
fabric, cloth, material, textile
(noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; “the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent”; “woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC”; “she measured off enough material for a dress”
framework, fabric
(noun) the underlying structure; “providing a factual framework for future research”; “it is part of the fabric of society”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fabric (countable and uncountable, plural fabrics)
(now, rare) An edifice or building.
(archaic) The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.
(archaic) The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.
The framework underlying a structure.
A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
(petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
(computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.
Synonyms
• See also fabric
Source: Wiktionary
Fab"ric, n. Etym: [L. fabrica fabric, workshop: cf. F. fabrique fabric. See Forge.]
1. The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.
2. That which is fabricated; as : (a) Framework; structure; edifice; building. Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation. Milton.
(b) Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics.
3. The act of constructing; construction. [R.] Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the fabricof the churches for the poor. Milman.
4. Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe. The whole vast fabric of society. Macaulay.
Fab"ric, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fabricked; p. pr. & vb. n. Fabricking.]
Definition: To frame; to built; to construct. [Obs.] "Fabric their mansions." J. Philips.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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