The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.
That which is fabricated; as :
Framework; structure; edifice; building. Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation. Milton.
Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics.
The act of constructing; construction. [R.] Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the fabricof the churches for the poor. Milman.
Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe. The whole vast fabric of society. Macaulay.
To frame; to built; to construct. [Obs.] "Fabric their mansions." J. Philips.
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