Manchet
[MAN-chət]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Late Middle English, 16th century
1.
(Historical) A loaf of the finest kind of wheaten bread.
Examples of Manchet in a sentence
"Marianne used a recipe from an old English cookbook to make the manchet loaf."
"This bakery is the only one in town that specializes in manchet."
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