Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fabric \Fab"ric\, n. [L. fabrica fabric, workshop: cf. F.
   fabrique fabric. See {Forge}.]
   1. The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts
      of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as
      cloth of a beautiful fabric.

   2. That which is fabricated; as:
      (a) Framework; structure; edifice; building.

                Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an
                exhalation.                       --Milton.
      (b) Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers,
          either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as,
          silks or other fabrics.

   3. The act of constructing; construction. [R.]

            Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the
            fabric of the churches for the poor.  --Milman.

   4. Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as,
      the fabric of the universe.

            The whole vast fabric of society.     --Macaulay.

Fabric \Fab"ric\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fabricked}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Fabricking}.]
   To frame; to build; to construct. [Obs.] ``Fabric their
   mansions.'' --J. Philips.

Source : WordNet®

fabric
     n 1: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or
          crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in
          the curtains was light and semitraqnsparent"; "woven
          cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she
          measured off enough material for a dress" [syn: {cloth},
           {material}, {textile}]
     2: the underlying structure; "restoring the framework of the
        bombed building"; "it is part of the fabric of society"
        [syn: {framework}]