contexture

[ kuh n-teks-cher ]

/ kənˈtɛks tʃər /

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

an interwoven structure; fabric.

the act of weaving together.

the process or manner of being woven together.

Origin of contexture

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

con·tex·tur·al, adjective con·tex·tured, adjective

As sweet as that 'contexture of woodbines, sweet-briar, and myrtle' in which the anglers sat and sipped orange punch at Tottenham.

Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances |Juliana Horatia Ewing
So as the first doctrine is touching the contexture or configuration of things, as de mundo, de universitate rerum.

The Advancement of Learning |Francis Bacon
In all probability this is the effect of a beginning putrefaction, which attenuates this substance, and breaks its contexture.

Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. |Pierre Joseph Macquer
And in this sense and acceptation of the words, the natural frame and contexture doth well and pregnantly administer unto us.

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions |John Donne

That perpetual miracle in nature—the contexture of the generations—the living taking the meaning of their lives from the dead!

The Kentucky Warbler |James Lane Allen

contexture

/ (kənˈtɛkstʃə) /

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

the arrangement of assembled parts; structure

an interwoven structure; fabric

contextural, adjective