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manchet (iou)



manchet noun. LME.
[Perh. from elem. of Anglo-Norman pain demeine, demaine, medieval Latin panus dominicus lit. 'lord's bread' + CHEAT noun2.]
(A small loaf or roll of) the finest kind of wheaten bread. obsolete exc. dial. & Hist. LME.
Heraldry. A small circular loaf or manchet used as a charge. M17.