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faiture

faiture

Old French

Alternative forms

facture
faicture
fecture

feicture
feiture
feture

Noun

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

action; act
method; way; manner
form; characteristic(s)
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 164 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), 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)