a. Obs. [a. OF. fabrile, ad. L. fabrīl-is, f. faber artificer.] Of or belonging to a craftsman or his craft. Fabrile glue: carpenter’s glue (L. fabrile gluten).
1611. Cotgr., Fabrile, of, or belonging to the craft of a Smith, Mason, or Carpenter.
1661. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., 22. The fabrile glue decoct in Water and applied, helpeth the teeth.
1664. Evelyn, Sylva (1776), 649. What may we say then of innumerable other trees, fitted for the uses nature has designed them, especially for timber, and all other fabrile employments?
1678. Littleton, Lat. Dict., Fabrile, or of Smiths work, fabrilis.
