fab·ric 
(făbrĭk)
(făbrĭk)n.
1.
a. A cloth produced especially by knitting, weaving, or felting fibers.
b. The texture or quality of such cloth.
2. A complex underlying structure: destroyed the very fabric of the ancient abbey during wartime bombing; needs to protect the fabric of civilized society.
3.
a. A method or style of construction.
b. A structural material, such as masonry or timber.
c. A physical structure; a building.
[Middle English fabryke, something constructed, from Old French fabrique, from Latin fabrica, craft, workshop, from faber, fabr-, workman, artificer.]