contexture

American  

[kuhn-teks-cher] / kənˈtɛks tʃər /

noun

1. the arrangement and union of the constituent parts of anything; constitution; structure.

2. an interwoven structure; fabric.

3. the act of weaving together.

4. the process or manner of being woven together.

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contexture British  

/ kənˈtɛkstʃə /

noun

1. the fact, process, or manner of weaving or of being woven together

2. the arrangement of assembled parts; structure

3. an interwoven structure; fabric

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Other Word Forms

• contextural
  adjective
• contextured
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of contexture

From French, dating back to 1595–1605; see origin at context, -ure

Example Sentences

We are all framed of flaps and patches, and of so shapeless and diverse a contexture, that every piece and every moment playeth his part.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2017

Of the first of these materials, tortoise-shell, that best adapted to manufacturing purposes is the shell, or scales of a horny contexture which inclose the sea-tortoise, Testudo imbricata.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various

Let us then look with ever fresh wonder on this marvellous contexture of human life, and on Him that moulds it all to His own perfect purposes.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Maclaren, Alexander

That has been sadly shown, over and again, and if we had time one could easily point to the reasons in human nature, and its strange contexture, why it should be so.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander

Such plays were of too thin contexture to satisfy the somewhat gross and lumpish taste of a Roman audience.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John