Fabric Word Meaning

late 15th century: from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica ‘something skilfully produced’, from faber ‘worker in metal, stone, etc.’ The word originally denoted a building, later a machine, the general sense being ‘something made’, hence fabric (sense 1) (mid 18th century, originally denoting any manufactured material). fabric (sense 2) dates from the mid 17th century

cloth or other material produced by weaving or knitting fibres

cloth

• heavy cream fabric
• stretch fabrics

the walls, floor, and roof of a building

walls, floor, and roof of building

• decay and neglect are slowly eating away at the building's fabric