facture

[ fak-cher ]

noun

the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
the thing made.

Origin of facture

1375–1425; late Middle English <Latin factūra the making (of something). See fact, -ure

Words Nearby facture

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How to use facture in a sentence

A lover of the Latin authors, he composed verses of such facture that some of them have been mistaken for ancient classics.
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I had thought not all the goldsmiths on earth had so much gold, silver, jewels, and craft of design and facture.
The Cloister and the Hearth | Charles Reade
I thought not all the goldsmiths on earth had so much gold, silver, jewels, and craft of design and facture.
The Cloister and the Hearth | Charles Reade
facture, fak′tūr, n. the act or the result of making, workmanship.
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British Dictionary definitions for facture

facture

/ (ˈfæktʃə) /

nounrare

construction
workmanship; quality

Origin of facture

C15: from Old French, from Latin factūra

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