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From Latin factūra.
faiture oblique singular, f (oblique plural faitures, nominative singular faiture, nominative plural faitures)
- action; act
- method; way; manner
- form; characteristic(s)
c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 164, 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