manufact

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin manufactus.[1]

    Noun

    manufact (countable and uncountable, plural manufacts)

    1. (countable) A manufactured (manmade) object.
      • 2009, Iosif Hadjikyriakos, “The Decorative Arts in Cyprus: Representation of a Society from the 17th to the 19th Century”, in Ottoman Cyprus: a Collection of Studies on History and Culture (Near and Middle East Monographs (new series); 4)‎[1], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 261:
        An amalgam of cultures, these manufacts sometimes lean towards the East and sometimes towards the West and function as status symbol or as a distinct 'code', worthy of a very broad spectrum of communication.
    2. (uncountable, obsolete) Manufacturing, manufacture.
      • 1690, Thomas d'Urfey, “Canto III”, in Collin's Walk Through London and Westminster: A Poem in Burlesque[2], London: [] Rich. Parker [], page 105:
        But more particulary that, / Where Lady was to wear a Hat; / And lay the Enſigns of their pride; / Their Silken Ornaments aſide; / Which would have been a wholſome Act, / T' encourage Woolen Manufact;

    References

    1. ^ manufact”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.