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Webster 1913 Edition

Contexture

Con-tex′ture

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
contexture
.]
The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture.
That wonderful
contexture
of all created beings.
Dryden.
He was not of any delicate
contexture
; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty.
Sir H. Wotton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Contexture

CONTEXTURE

,
Noun.
The manner of interweaving several parts into one body; the disposition and union of the constituent parts of a thing, with respect to each other; composition of parts; constitution; as a silk of admirable contexture.
He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty.

Definition 2024

contexture

contexture

English

Noun

contexture ‎(plural contextures)

  1. A weaving together of parts.
  2. A body or structure made by interweaving or assembling parts.
  3. The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing.
  4. The structural character of a thing.
    • Sir H. Wotton
      He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty.
  5. Context

References

  • contexture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɛks.tyʁ/

Noun

contexture f ‎(plural contextures)

  1. contexture

Latin

Participle

contextūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of contextūrus

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