faiture

faiture

Old French

Alternative forms

• facture
• faicture
• fecture

• feicture
• feiture
• feture

Etymology

From Latin factūra.

Noun

faiture f (oblique plural faitures, nominative singular faiture, nominative plural faitures)

1. action; act
2. method; way; manner
3. form; characteristic(s)
   • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 164 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, lines 1974-5:

     que Tristran ert ben s'aparçut
     par sun gent cors, par sa faiture

     that she has indeed recognized Tristan
     by his gracefully body and by his form

Descendants

• English: feature (borrowed)