■ noun
1》 material produced by weaving or knitting textile fibres; cloth.
2》 a structure or framework, especially the walls, floor, and roof of a building.
↘the essential structure of something abstract: the ~ of society.
Origin
C15 (orig. denoting a building or machine, i.e. 'something made'): from Fr. fabrique , from L. ~a 'something skilfully produced'.